as efficient
as bile—
that's the way
we like to work,
no matter
how unconsciously,
at distilling
and dissolving all our
large, hard problems
down into burdens
our stomachs
can handle.
It's like—we know
it's not pretty now, but
after a while,
we'll only have
to worry about
begging decomposed,
broken-down
parts of one another
for what used to be
forgiveness
but now
has crumbled
into pardon.
