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Vignette 11.
Pedro—I hunt by day with round yellow eyes.
Inès- he’s my mouse-winner.
Treble-Clef 10 sprayed pink swirls
below my blue eyes.
we met in Coimbra
in the Garden of Tears
there Dom Pedro spied
Dona Inès de Castro
married her secretly
trysted near the spring
King Afonso had her murdered
right there under the kissing tree.
— Why don’t you let me
tell them why we’re up here
on this wall.
—It’s not as romantic as my story.
—But mine’s truer, Inès.
We can’t fly that well anymore, so
Treble-Clef -10 painted us in as
guardians of the grotto,
entertainment for the guests at the Quinta,
warnings for all feral cats
who prey on the burrowing owls.
— Not that the cats pay any attention to us, Pedro.
