Here's a girl from a dangerous town
She crops her dark hair short
so that less of her has to frown
when someone gets hurt.
She folds her memories like a parachute.
Dropped, she collects the peat
and cooks her veggies at home: they shoot
here where they eat.
Ah, there's more sky in these parts than, say,
ground. Hence her voice's pitch,
and her stare stains your retina like a gray
bulb when you switch
hemispheres, and her knee-length quilt
skirt's cut to catch the squall,
I dream of her either loved or killed
because the town's too small.
Belfast Tune
Joseph Brodsky
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Poem topics: dark, dream, girl, hair, home, sky, voice, small, skirt, switch, short, I love you, I miss you, town, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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