An earthen cup

           an ill woman in the eyes of her lover

a torn-up letter put together again

           the inside of a cat’s ear

the mayfly and the firefly

           priests. fruit. horses as well as oxen

silver tweezers that still pluck the hair

           women of the lower classes

paradise

on an old man’s back

the sound of comb-teeth snapping

the seventh month

(when it is cool) reading

these lines in another girl’s notebook.