The
heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
Take
away all you love and with what’s left
that’s
why I miss you so much
Take
away the future tense, which is not, after all, the future
and
take away the destination which is not a place
despite
its name
The place I miss
(The
pieces that remain can decide where that is)
I am ready for the
two-for-one special on forgiveness
That flesh
is heir to;
Does
everyone imagine
living
here?
Everyone’s hair is compelling, everyone’s pants
fit
better than mine
Everyone
pants
Since
there is no story the story never ends
Does everyone / actually a commodity / have to
take them somewhere?
Does everyone / in necessity, absence / dance in
the background
‘tis a consummation
The
opposite of incineration has the same final outcome (absence)
The
opposite of absence is being somewhere else entirely
The
opposite of entirety is incomplete
and therefore never ends
How does everyone stand this?
In fact, how does everyone stand, with all this
gravity pulling us down?
The
opposite of stand is refuse, the opposite of stand
is
lie, the opposite of stand is disobey, the opposite
of
stand is reject, resist, shun
The opposite of gravity
is light.
Devoutly to
be wish’d.
Take
away possibility and in its place
put
light.
Take
away light and in its place
put rejection.
Take away rejection and
in its place
put all you love, put
pants that fit.
Take away the pieces that
remain and in their place, the place I miss,
put the heart-ache and
the thousand natural shocks.
