I was watching my sister tying back her hair,
She kicked off her shoes and left them there
Beneath the slender trees
In the dry heart-shaped yellow leaves
And Caddy says —
Don’t touch me, don’t touch me
But not to me as she’s lying
With her head on my knees
The sound of the roof then suddenly she’s
Not with me anymore
And the shapes slide brighter than before
And Caddy says —
Don’t touch me, don’t touch me
As she stands with her back pressed up to the wall,
She pushes him away and the honeysuckle falls
And rises over him
In the grey light movement of her skin
And Caddy says —
God damn you, God damn you
I was watching my sister closing her eyes
As the firelight turns and the firelight dies,
But Caddy smells of trees
As she lies sleeping next to me
And Caddy says…