viii

He felt her smile, and her voice was sweet and new in the darkness.
-Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Now not anymore
and not n w
and not sw t
and not either in the d rk
now myth c
growing l mbs to swat away
grabbing at th ngs not there
library b ks checked out
the last c kie eaten
before just two r ch d out
a b dy so there
h nds in h r, on ch ks, lb ws
sk n pinched between f ng rs
just this one thing enough