“I can only say I have waited for you

through western nights

at bus stops

in lanes

by canals

on airfields

and the gallows of tears

And then you came

through the forlorn cities of Europe

I recognized you

I set out the table for you

with wine with bread with mercy

but imperturbably you turned your back

you detached your sex laid it down on the table

and without speaking a word

with your own smile

abandoned the world”