I clawed through the print and found you Living between parentheses Venturing out in springtime To make sure the phone was off the hook
You said "I guess it's all prefigured We're living out some old typology" Like ribbons of rolling water Inching up on the wall Where you'd marked your height
I still haven't seen you up close So why was the porch light on? How could I trust you the most When you couldn't trust yourself?
Our love was a lurid spice trade Every day a wilderness We lost all the wealth we'd died for In the red and the gold of being sure
You said "I made a conscious effort To get all my vertebrae aligned, But what's a posture worth If it straightens you out first?"
But I was a victim like you My shoplifted grace in hand But how could you know me so well When i couldn't know myself?
Are we supposed to forget? How can we really forget? I don't think that anybody really forgets Their frozen feet They're all we can see.