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CALYPSO

Mel Waldman

And I know not where I go
released from Calypso’s womb
after 7 years
a fetus in search
of his soul
the sea-nymph let me go

sometimes I listened to
a lively ballad
in loose rhyme
calypso time

not in Trinidad though
sung by the natives
man
in a dark place
sung by the natives
yes
deep
deep within
where there
ain’t no sin
not there
not yet
man
still it’s a dark place
where I come from

I used to see
Calypso-flowers
pure white
man
with purple or yellow
markings-through the
eyes
of
my

little soul
used to touch them too
with my min-u-scule
fingers-feathers
in
Calypso’s womb
man

feelin’ a calypso beat
yes
seein’ Calypso-flowers
yes

I come from a dark
&
beautiful place
&
I know not where I go

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