1. Are those pearls that emerged from oyster shells,
Or stars that appear in a clear sky?

2. Or are those stage plots in gardens
Yearning with flowers that bloom gently?

3. Their cracks shine through the train of a dress
Above statuesque figures with weak lower backs.

4. Or is that a braid beautifying itself
With curved hips and buttocks?

5. It strung pearls on the white of necks
Transparently appearing on transparency.

6. Or is that poetry I released from its wraps
Of the best words in the chambers of rhyme?