But I Still Don'T Understand A Word You'Re Saying Poem by David McLansky

I look at you
Across the shadows of the room
And say, 'I love you,
On this and every day.'
You turn to me
A vision iin the gloom;

You answer, 'Dolphins
Swimming in sequined
Depths, the sting ray,
Gorgeous dimensions
Of the blood sucking bay
Mulches into caverns
Where light plays
Through pandemonium algae
Octopus's tentacles arrayed;
Death in solemn funereal
Ethereal display
Through mud, mud, mud
Foliaged decayed.'

All the while
You entwine yourself
Naked in the curtain,
I look at you, baffled
And still uncertain;
I appreciate the dancing and sashaying,
But I still don't understand a word you're saying...