Narcissus Unbound

Wholly from idiosyncratic reasons, my feet Seem to me handsome, the arrangement of toes What an arranger of toes would, at his best, have meant.

And the legs that work up from them; even on moody days I can see that the deployment of blond hair is right, And the knee-caps, splendidly defined, not open to argument.

No one should praise his begetting apparatus, and I won't, Except to say: if a responsible mechanism Was wanted to keep things going, this is it.

And shoulders and chest; I cannot say enough To tell how I admire my various body; Growth of beard, growth of tooth; there is no end of it.

And I could stand by the live mirror forever Praising my nakedness and distinguished parts, Save that, at the edge of my eyesight, out the window,

There down on the street you pass, and as I hurry Into my blithe clothes, the realization gathers How I want you as audience for my work of art.