Spur (December 18, 1981)

{The title is the German word, which is the noun “trace.”}

Only a trace of you remains on my fingertips
To remind me of your bed where we never sleep
Your musk, an anesthetic to my earthly concerns
Quiets the seismic disturbances
That threaten to topple my poorly erected clay tower

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