the same embroidery

I saw a man wearing a skullcap embroidered
with the pattern of the underwear
of a woman I loved
a long time ago.

He didn't understand why I looked at him
and why I turned back after he passed,
he stugged his shoulders and went away.

And I mumbled to myself: the same
colors, the same embroidery, the same pattern,
the same embroidery, the same pattern.