H e a r t S o n s & H e a r t D a u g h t e r s of A l l e n G i n s b e r g

N a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 4 : A r c h i v e s E d i t i o n

JAMES RUGGIA

Love’s Red Dance

hard aches our hearts.

All around leaps

the inner else’s dreams.

The pristine confined

at center shines on hurt’s

hungers shared.

At Cupid’s mid-winter bonfire,

the lover perished in his delight.

[Originally published in NHS 1997, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs97/index.html#27.]