my shadow exaggerates
but then there is the vague memory of a suspension
bridge
the
tenuousness
now I can point to something concrete that may
contain
(a shape a suddenness) the outline of “what happened”
where each bridge is a possibility and each
possibility
is
another bridge to
hunger is only semi-
transparent
these fabrications
vaguely wrap
around you
(they are white)
things I need to point at but they are wrapped
around me
oh shit—who was I
supposed
to hate again?
a person created
(monogamy was invented
when we didn’t live so long and when we
lied differently)
a person created by a literary or musical work: a
word in the hand
is worth : get to the point or be pointed at
my shadow exaggerates
while the dog’s shadow
looks like a dog which I prefer
to the shadow of a hand pretending to be a dog to
the shadow of a dog
pretending to be a hand
