STILL

1.

You'll never believe 

the dream I just had: 

I cannot remember 

the details—only that

in it, every action's 

relationship to stillness 

was spectacular-

ly exaggerated. 

2.

Let's just say, 

for the sake of 

the argument, 

the universe 

is made of strings 

that vibrate;

the knot 

of my guts 

might still sing 

"so what?" 

when it's 

strung up above 

the toilet.

3.

If space 

is available,

it must also be retractable.

If time is passing always,

there's no place 

for now and then.

(It has taken 

our prolapse-prone 

organs of attention 

how many 

bleak centuries 

to figure that out?)

Yet, I hardly ever 

get excited 

just to know  

I love you still

as much as I do

when I look forward to 

loving you again 

sometime soon.