Portrait in Georgia + 

Hair⁠—braided chestnut, + 

coiled like a lyncher’s rope, + 

Eyes⁠—fagots, + 

Lips⁠—old scars, or the first red blisters, + 

Breath⁠—the last sweet scent of cane, + 

And her slim body, white as the ash + 

of black flesh after flame. + 