28 DECEMBER 1962, Page 21

Hiding Our Love

After Wu-TI

Never believe leave you

From any desire to go.

Never believe I live so far away

Except from necessity.

After a whole day of separation Still your dark fragrance clings to my skin.

I carry your letter everywhere.

The sash of my dress wraps twice around my waist.

I wish it bound the two of us together.

Do you know that we both conceal our love Because of prior sorrow, superstitious fear? We are two citizens of a savage era Schooled in disguises and in self-command, Hiding our aromatic, vulnerable love.

CAROLYN KIZER