by Margaret Szumowski

**Margaret Szumowski**

Margaret Szumowski loves the mouth of her last name,

The zoom that gave her the last name,

The zoom that gave her the oom, the oom pah pah

Of a lover, the zooming in of a morning lover, the zoo

Of marriage and children, the oom of loving his

Delicious self again and again, the ski of the downslope

And the zoom of the downslope and the crash on the downslope

And the strength to ski up the mountain, the bloom of the zoom

Of marrying this Polish wonder, Chopin of the West,

The slips and lips of loving him, the ow of some moment,

The awe of his lips, his touch, the groom she always wanted

On skis, prince of skis. The sh of shmovski as it should

Be said, the sh of the two softly together, the show

Of bodies, the moving, the garret of her name, the favorite

Garret where she visits the mar that she loves so much, what mars her

And what keeps her, the mar at the edge of the sea,

Mar ski, the love of water, the love of her Polish boy,

The sea of marriage to her Polski, making the mouth

Of love to her Polish lover, Szumowski.