Tricks
always tricks
free, not free
this Marquesa de Prado Ameno
his owner
she is vile,
they say she’s a madwoman, crazy, cruel.
I only know this much:
she makes him wear the clothes of a page
blue satin jacket, scarlet pants
trim of gold braid
diamond pin
black velvet hat
with two red feathers.
At least his brother and sister are free
the twins, our freeborn children
the girl living
the boy dead, but free and flying
in heaven
winged
no need for a hat
with red feathers.