He looks at me with a madman's eyes - <br />It's your house and porch I know so well. <br />He gives me a kiss with his crimson lips - <br />Our ancestors had gone to war in scales of steel. <br /> <br />He brought me a bouquet of crimson carnations - <br />It's your austere face I know so well. <br />He asked in return for a single kiss - <br />Our ancestors had gone to war in scales of steel. <br /> <br />He touched me with his finger bearing a dark ring - <br />It is your dark ring I know so well. <br />Together we tumbled down on a Turkish divan - <br />Our ancestors had gone to war in scales of steel. <br /> <br />He looks at me with a madman's eyes - <br />Dwindle away, o you stars, and fade, o you moon! <br />He gives me a kiss with his crimson lips - <br />Our ancestors had gone to war in scales of steel.<br /><br />Daniil Ivanovich Kharms<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-romance-2/
