out of the stream of silver nitrate seeming

Up righted
out of the
stream of

silver nitrate
seeming this camellia
once incarnadine

silk up swims
spilt desire
there to a

muse, east
looking west;
the difficulty of

holding a
folded damask shawl
pose. Her straight

gaze
/ you stare
into a trick

of light
slipping between
time lost

fingers she is figured
in reverse: in balance
our eyes to hers.