foundations.

2006-03-06 6:45 p.m.

i have learned his body, drowsy, touching at pressure points, knots and rings and circles, those parts
not naturally occurring,

ordered,
presenting themselves as comforters, leaves, bunches of us, companionship

reinvented
in acts of courtesy and common

and close

and needing some reprieve from other systems, from other people who will draw us in and kill us
heartbeat by gentle, gentle heartbeat.