But coyness were a crime. My.
For him charriot to my gates and
praise, praise, praise! And such a
sweetness ecchoing may devour
the world and my. Were I coy?
May-be but rather quaint, youthful.
Coy be time’s complain. And his.
Eyes down, skin fire and grow to
rubies state yet I were nor willing!
Still, for years I find my crime. My
part. My make. My quaint. My
coy. Him crime I cannot find.
From That Broke into Shining Crystals (Faber and Faber, Ltd., 2025) by Richard Scott. Copyright © 2025 by Richard Scott. Used with the permission of the publisher.