Moonlit Krishna

Moonlit Krishna dancing with the milkmaids,
Baryshnikov amid ballerinas
working his way one after another,
mystical union, last turtle rung down

blue Krishna dancing there in his own blue,
Baryshnikov leaping, launching himself
up through sweet arabesqued ballerinas
on point, pointless, beside the point, athletes

it is our beating hearts that drive us…