Bright
Magic Leaf
Setting
At the violet hour, when the eyes and back turn upward from the desk, when the human engine waits.
Location
April is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.
Holy
Full Heart
Setting
Madame sosostris, famous clairvoyante, had a bad cold, nevertheless is known to be the wisest woman in europe.
Location
Winter kept us warm, covering earth in forgetful snow, feeding a little life with dried tubers.
Stout
Restless
Setting
The chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, glowed on the marble, where the glass.
Location
Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra reflecting light upon the table as the glitter of her jewels rose to meet it.
Fervid
Soft Skin
Setting
From satin cases poured in rich profusion; in vials of ivory and coloured glass.
Location
Huge sea-wood fed with copper burned green and orange, framed by the coloured stone, in which sad light a carvéd dolphin swam.