SECRET LOVER (René Char)

She has set the table perfectly so that her lover seated opposite will soon speak low, watching her.  This food similar to the reed of an oboe!

Beneath the table, her bare ankles caress the loved one’s heat, while unheard voices compliment her. The light of the lamp entangles, weaving a sensual distraction.

She knows that there is a bed far away that is patient and trembling in an exile of fragrant sheets, like a mountain lake that will never be abandoned!