PROMISE ME
Reading edition
ONLY, when I am sudden loss Of consequence for mind and stair, Picking my dogged way from us To whom, recessive in some where Of recollection, with the cross Fallen, the breast in disrepair: Only, when loosening clothes, you lean Out of your window sleepily, And with luxurious, lidded mien Sniff at the bitter dark—dear she, Think somewhat gently of, between Love ended and beginning, me.