Pantoum Christened in the Met Cloisters
for Sophie Main Beneath the arch’s underbelly, a prayer falls to our heartbeats.This is how I touch my humanity: fingers trailing a lavender stalk,whispers dripping in hushed symphony until its perfume wardsoff yesterday’s sunken breath. Here, you count to three& this is how I touch my humanity: fingers trailing a lavender stalk,chasing the seasons for …