Hunting Dreams Ghazal
Obsidian light
black iris light
A woven maze of thugs,
fine Persian rug light
down polished stair
dark hair, pied light
below night-soaked
in creosote light,
the empyrean well
of trance-made light.
Brushed wedding silks
in the hushed earth light,
hijab spun round
on white feet, steps light
as voices unslippered
in cloistered light
fall into pools'
spooled bathhouse light
behind a purdah moon –
assignation's veiled light.
In groves of rising steam
echoes undreamly light
from serpentine walls en sotto
voce: grotto-green light
by stiletto's gleam
through steamlit light
etched on glass net
over stretched light
her rippled sighs
in blood-fogged light,
bared throat now dipped,
light slipped from light
to meet in veiled bride's retreat,
black tidal light.
And on a sea of dreamed
red tendrils wrap thee lightly.
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