Often, when you're
in the same vicinity,
you will feel the need to speak,
perfuming the air
with thoughts
which are edgeless
as clouds before sunrise,
which soon meekly
fall away.
in this life, you'll sit quiet
and close together,
abandoning briefly
the glibness of nature,
and becoming
the secret
dream of one another.
But beware—
after this shift,
you'll no longer abide
the prospect
of regarding
each other
as pieces of meat,
and you'll never again
indulge in such
prodigal silence;
from here on in,
you must agree
to split it—fifty-fifty.
