"Mercury climbs..."

Mercury climbs the thermometer.

With all of the warmth that I’ve put into verses,

I came out profitless.

Goodness,

let me fall out of love with her,

(I don’t deserve this!)

or else,

I will burn out from happiness.

Goodness,

let her be trite and stale!

Let her look down on me,

scornfully!

Hide her smile under the sky’s dark veil,--

maybe then I will love her

normally!

maybe then, I’ll be able to gaze at her

without turning my eyes

away from the sharp razor blade

of the horizon

afraid of seeing!

(Just look at me!)

I feel like an elephant

trapped in a skeleton

of a human being!