Seduction, or The Unicorn Tapestries

The horse makes its little

leap of nothing.

Also called the Ravishing.

I won’t deny what happened.

I took from your side

the eternal. My right.

My pleasure.

Who believes in you?

Knots make this tapestry

pretty—on the wooden floor

the tangle of your under-things.

You shave your legs til

—is this— before

or after? they gleam

like mammoth tusks.

I didn’t mean to say,

to imply that I consider

you my quarry.

Look, the fence is low.

Leap if you want to go.