There were two letters
You had never shown
To me. Two letters
On the back of a
Charm I guess
You’d say. I don’t know
The names of ornaments.
Of gold pieces worn on
A gold string of links.
A rosette fairly finely
Made with two letters
On back of the
Rose to
Lay
flat below the
Neck and above
All, the heart.
The letters
Began a name.
It is too clear
To ask how
Despondency
Comes from
The heart with
Sense unengaged.
The name,
from
The two letters
Engraved upon
A heart that
Was never shown to me.

RLB 02-08-2024