I read this poem over a couple of times and I don't really understand what is going on. When the poem mentions a snowing flesh, I image that the woman's (that is is identified towards the end of the poem) skin is pale, like Snow White. Then when she is out in the sunlight she gets a golden tan. I know that may not be what X.J. Kennedy had in mind, but that is the image that came to me. Then when it goes 'We spy beneath the banister' then I imagine that there must be a group of boys spying this woman and watching her beauty, and noticing her lips to her thighs. If I had to guess what type of poem this was, I would say that it is a poem that is lust desire, coming from the boys that are spying beneath the banister.
I guess not all poems has to have a conclusion, but (to me) I feel that some more description about the nude woman on the staircase wouldn't hurt. The imagine next to the poem made me more confused as I was when reading the poem. I can see the use of the gold color in this painting and the show of a staircase, but I don't see any form of a woman. All I see is shapes and angels, which relates back to the stairs. Overall not one of my favorite poems.
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