Jenna Have I Loved

Some men will have their wine and song
Some women speak of tea
But Jenna have I loved and so
No little talk for me

You have your Charlotte and your Jane
Your Myra and your Ann
But Jenna have I loved in truth
With Jenna would I stand

I've seen the painted faces come
I've touched the gowns of silk
I've danced the glassy steps of Time
And sipped the breasts like milk

I've tasted lips like gin and mead
I've scented wrists like musk
I've promised more than I could give
And rutted in the dusk

But one remains above the rest
One face remains afar:
One love whose life became my breath
She born between the stars

And soon the time is drawing near
To see my end of days
There are few pretty dancers left
There are few skirts to raise

But I am blessed above the rest
Those paper masks I knew
For Jenna have I loved and I
Am sure I loved her true.

5/3/01