Prize beauty --
Paris chose this last
for his gift:
an urgent need to
study himself
as the compassionate other
Paris himself:
so often
represented
sent
wanted
misunderstood
urged
appeased
received
inquired of
missed
pronounced
probably
Paris wanted
to spare
to send
to mistake
to feel
probably
Paris wanted
to taste
to sacrifice
to announce sexual appetite
probably
Paris wanted
the great artist
to sing of
his arms
his hands
his thighs
probably
Paris wanted
to detect
to approach
to form
to feel the point
of danger
to have
a human
lover
as of
bleating ewes
that hear the
cries
of their
lambs
preferring
within
to without
to doubt
ensues
-- Jeff Wietor
