Closer than closing, the combination
ceases to combine is to become
fragmentary; on either side
the room, the bed, the bay this
mobius strip magnet draws
and separates, alveoli waiting
for space within conjoined chest cavities.
Closer than closing the combination drips more slowly, pen's ink tracked
ceases to combine is to become, to effect snow—how does
the room, the bed, the bay, this one imagine the face of another—
mobius strip magnet draws to Midwest, macrobiotics to the great
and separates, alveoli waiting and lost in transit, sun
fragmentary, on either side lakes, legs fatigued from walking
for space within conjoined chest cavities. One in a city one can hardly imagine.
© 2006 Teresa K. Miller