Apollonia haunts me
her testimony in yesterday’s language,
the sound inches back and forth
tilting to twilight
before the ancient stars
uncoil
it sounds about 300 years old
I wonder if her frosted air
searches out the formula
tell me lovingly, tell me forever
give me your love, beset all of my musing
Apollonia is an echo
as she breathed out my name
voice of ecstasy, taunt me, with your shroud.