And sleep broken (and restless besides) –

The frumpled bed abandoned;

The waterbrush of desklamplight.

Tea water set to boil.

He hovers, hovers,

Clasps a cup with dry darjeeling;

Scrives phrases spoken in vision

Arise

By the dark-eyed, double-crowned moon

I know you

I know your name

And I know that name of she that is in you.

Plays for a moment soft-shoe paper music –

Wanders through pages,

Traces threads,

Gathers their fray,

Settles,

And gives chase

Through a tangled knot of notes,

To find passage somewhere passed by:

(Tea water set to boil.)