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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PERFECT MATCH, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: She's in a gypsy skirt
First Line: She's in a gypsy skirt
She's in a Gypsy skirt.
I'm in the decline of life.
I drag Achilles by the foot.
She's making copper deals.
I'm dealing in shipwrecks.
She rides a Monet racehorce.
I ride a da Vinci cackling hag.
She's unsurpassable.
I'm passing by in the wink of an eye.
I put up with the artificial melody of traffic.
She makes traffic stop
with her Carmen Miranda smile.
We are fauve figures light
as a bebop note -- made
for each other on the run.
I dance her water lilies till I stop.
She sings my peonies till night.
Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org
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