de luxe

Automat
by Anne Carson

Night work
     neon milk
     powdered
     silk
Girl de luxe

Girl work
     plate glass love
     lone
     glove
Night de luxe

Girl work
     smell of black
     down
     the back
Night de luxe

Night work
     clamo
     ad te
     Domine
Girl de luxe



Let us see then, thou human soul, whether present time can be long:
for to thee is it given to see and to measure length of time.
                                                 (Augustine, Confessions XI)