I + 

Small Elena + 

Of shrunken limbs + 

And ample sex + 

Who + 

Having filched + 

The atrophied + 

Woman-smile of your mother + 

Scatter it + 

On the eating unseen + 

Tuberculous + 

Inaudible hands + 

On the counter-pane + 

It might have been + 

Impossible + 

Fingers should be so long + 

Being so tiny + 

But Nature + 

Needing no microscope + 

In her laboratory + 

Found it just as easy + 

Marshalling imperceptible + 

Hosts + 

To bone of your arm + 

Among overlapping of lint + 

Attaining a dignity + 

Unworthy of your years + 

Two and a half! + 