Hermetically cramming
poached eggwhites
at 4:54 in the morning—
his coached narrow bones
made a kind
of clapping music
perfect-
ly timed
to fall inside
each meek tink
of brittle
flatware on ceramic—neatly cancelling
out
the signal—
If your good
old trick
knee hasn't caught up with you
by precisely
this time tomorrow—your cholesterol
probably
still
will
eventually.
