The
poet
alone with life
as day fades out
inhales the
ellipsis
wish and dream
truth and desire
unnamed
beads
on a chain
The
sacrifice
once made, the
ear tells it
again from
the
beginning
doubts surround
hopes, a
logical
helix
No
more imaginary
than real, invisible
exchanges mark
a
phase of separation
and restraint, thoughts
occluded
from
experience, nets
mistaken for touch
Regrets truncate
misfortunes, sounds
repeat the
origins
which produced them
assent disguised
as
resistance, a smile
on the face
of
satisfaction
Opposite realities
dissolve inside and
pose
themselves as doubles,
as choices
as
words attempt
to hide from their own
effigies, blend
into
themselves and
disappear