French Airport

a fine profile
a portrait
reading
I hope
a mystery

bending at the neck
bending beauty
meagerly
a languid flower
sponging the sky
does she
complete the stanza
does she
know I am watching her?

It is silken henna dye
her hair
as I watch
the silver earrings
smell the black
leather
jacket

she is not hard
she is effeminate
a corsage
a blanket of woman

whispering an
anticipatory glance