—from the sculpture by Rodin
Within the Whirling Moment
.
Those lovers linked in bronze
will not escape the wonder
of their first embrace.
Today's passion is blown of air
not hewn in stone:
a fragmenting spiral
within the whirling moment.
.
by Janis Rapoport
from Within the Whirling Moment
Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 1967