Poem
Love and Time
Max Jacob
(originally dedicated to Michel Leiris)
Revue Européenne, August 1923
Les Pénitents en maillots roses, 1925
When a white arm slips off its glove
You recall an absent love
When like a breeze in a field of wheat
A skirt rustling near your feet
Brushes against your dancing shoe
Something lightly troubles you.