On Gifts For Grace

... All leather and in red, black or purple It was hard to have no money today I won't even speak about the possible flowers and kinds of lingerie All linen and silk with not-yet-perfumed laces Brilliant enough for any of the Graces Full of luxury, grace notes, prosperousness and charm But I can only praise you with this poem— Its being is the same as the meaning of your name --Bernadette Mayer

... above your ankles All leather and in red, black or purple It was hard to have no money today I won't even speak about the possible flowers and kinds of lingerie All linen and silk with not-yet-perfumed laces Brilliant enough for any of the Graces Full of luxury, grace notes, prosperousness and charm But I can only praise you with this poem - Its being is the same as the meaning of your name