
One Concept
Experienced words, thick, focused,
vague, persistent, simple, suspicious,
useless memories, excuses, excuses,
underlining of decorum, supposedly stones
supposedly houses, weapons, doorknobs
water pitcher handle, vase on the table,
made bed, smoke. Words that
you used to strike the air, the wood, the marble,
and you type them on paper, nothing, death.
Put on your tie tighter. This is the way.
Keep quiet. Wait. This way. This way.
Late, late, in the narrow hollowness, there
behind the stairway, glued to the wall.