Chapin City Blues

I seek you in the deep daylight 
Of bodies, covered by leaves 
And glowing crystals of the sea. 
 
We lie close to the soil, 
Joined to ourselves forever: 
Our flesh invaded by the sun, 
In deep communion and final purpose. 

Philip Lamantia (1927-2005) was an American poet, writer and lecturer. His writing has been described as avant-garde and surrealistic and was seen as part of the Beat Generation. You can read this and his other poems in Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia.