Tuesday, May 19, 2009
34: How To Be With Someone
Let go of superstition. Don’t look for signs in fortune cookies or count steps to his apartment. Become a literalist. Stay says only be here now. Remember the meaning of any phrase expires the moment after he utters it. Leave no evidence—not hair in the tub nor perfume in the sheets—so that you can disappear as easily as he would. When you walk, swing your arms like it doesn’t matter if he takes your hand. Live as he does, as though no bird were trapped in your rib cage, as though you didn’t cough and lose feathers to the air.
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2 comments:
I love that this is a companion piece to #30. The bird imagery takes my breath away, especially since only a few months ago I was thinking of painting this very image.
Wow, I like really like this one. I agree with Mary too. The bird in the ribcage is just a great string of words.
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