Poem 551
Jotted on a scrap of paper and given away, this one took a long time to bounce back to me, last of the flock to be gathered in …
… the title is a reference to the film Il Postino in which Pablo Neruda teaches his local postman what a metaphor is …
Il Metafore
I have my arm up to the elbow plunged inside your chest and I'm groping round for your heart don't panic I don't want to tear it out I just want to hold it