This once or twiceness– but
that is not inevitable– this
once or twiceness as it has occurred
and all that's definite is what will never happen
what will never be seen again
If death is senseless, life is senseless
Life is not senseless
and not senseless is fear, brilliance, anxiety, delight
is everywhere at once, the furthering of possibility
which occurs at each limb, each point of the body
is an opening or a closing
often both
(There is no rehearsal but there will be many rehearings)
Each definite moment
will occur, occurs, will have occurred
and then,
we begin again
There is no substitute
for touch
