ON MY PYRENEES HONOR

After we read
of the useless death
of the philosopher
Walter Benjamin
outside Barcelona,
not forgetting
the Lincoln Brigades
Republican parades
not forgetting
the new Inquisitions,
auto-da fes
under the threat
of Benzadrine
or the strongest coffee
rinds can open up
a Basque sky cafe
an artist revolutionist
tells me four times,
"He wants to be free
and knows I want her
for my fictive tattoo."