Dame R.

You’ve been visited by a presence without person
A traveling chant
the room is filled, and suddenly larger
Warm enough to sleep

You are held without hands
Dancing without moving
Seeing things exclusive to you
Hearing strangely soothing syllables
Incomprehensible in any language

It sounds like dawn and morning
Between the two, the line splits into a web
The day begins earlier than usual
Before anyone’s up

The world’s in soft focus
Time is at a standstill while everything is happening

You dive into the dark again
Hoping for another guest
The black blanket keeps the things you see that no one knows
And they will stay in your room

metamoth

Yesterday I met a moth. It died in the deluge.

It flew into my bathroom window and said hello by nudging me on the shoulder. It got lost under hot water. A mildly sad shower.

I was unable to save it, but I buried it under soft, white paper.

When the garbage truck comes, it will join the debris.

Forgetting

How many sisters do you have
How many faces have I seen
How many of them have I met
Around the bend that doesn’t lean

I never look them in the eye
The silence goes on for too long
Say just enough, know when to smile
And either way it all goes wrong

I forget everyone’s name
That is, if I ever learn
Chimerically the same
Like me, I think they burn

I just barely recognise
I never know, I memorise