Fountains Of Aix

Beards of  water

                      some of them have.

        Others are blowing whistles of  water.

        Faces astonished that constant  water

                  jumps from their mouths.

                  Jaws of lions are snarling  water

through green teeth over chins of moss.

                              Dolphins toss jets of  water

                                    from open snouts

                              to an upper theater of  water.

                    Children are riding swans and  water

      coils from the S-shaped necks and spills

                        in flat foils from pincered bills.

                            A solemn curly-headed bull

                            puts out a swollen tongue of  water.

                                Cupids naked are making  water

                              into a font that never is full.

                  A goddess is driving a chariot through  water.

                        Her reins and whips are tight white  water.

                        Bronze hoofs of horses wrangle with  water.

                              Marble faces half hidden in leaves.

                        Faces whose hair is leaves and grapes

                        of stone are peering from living leaves.

                                      Faces with mossy lips unlocked

                                                              always uttering  water,

                                                                                          water

                                                wearing their features blank

                                            their ears deaf, their eyes mad

                                          or patient or blind or astonished at  water

                                          always uttered out of their mouths.