Absence of Interrogatives at Chartres

You accompanied an unforeseen wind

To adorn my view finder with your flowing scarf

With a division of color on black and white film.

I took your photograph in error.

Will you describe me today.

You wear a dark red dress and you have beautiful red hair

And I have spent my lifetime searching for pictures of women like you

But with dark black hair.               

You directed me towards a man and woman kissing in the graveyard.

He holds a camera and accepts tombstones as a picture frame.

Aime-tu moi.

An arbitrary question.

Je t'aime.

What color are my eyes today.

"      "

A wordless word to describe you.

Did you drown in the parapet well

Or did you fall.

The spires rise far in the distance above a sea of haystacks

And on a snowless day I saw you in the shadow of the cathedral of Chartres

In a dark red dress.

I can still smell the perfume on your red dress

Even though it is no longer winter.

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