You caught me with your hair.
And freely I fell into that black silk. All backwards
from the mermaid tales they tell!
I was a willing mermaid at the time, an ocean
creature stranded from her seas.
And you were River--shining, shining lengths!
A water girl's a water girl, you see...how could I
stay away from what you held? I spent that summer
swimming in your hair. It's gorgeous weight,
it's glossy mysteries.
