How Many Continents?
How many continents and oceans has
He crossed to come and sit here in this place?
With yellow cheekbones elevated as
An ancient scholar’s parasol, this face
Is calmer than the autumn moon. The march
Of eyebrows laid on brusquely, widely by
A brush that tired before it made an arch
Is parallel to fattened lid the eye
Supports. The plumped up lower lip is pink
As any empress dowager might want,
The silk she dreamed up just before dawn’s brink.
The lashes, though, are like a slit-throat taunt.
..However, it’s the nose that gives the charge,
….As haughty as a Han imperial barge.