I came from a place with a hole in it,

my body once its body, behind a beard of hair.   

And after I emerged, all dripping wet,

little drops came out of my eyes, touching its face.

I kissed its mouth; I bit it with my gums.   

I lay on it like a snail on a cup,

my body, whatever its nature was,

revealed to me by its body. I did not know

I was powerless before a strange force.   

I did not know life cheats us. All I knew,