Detail
You are afraid of detail, how it wraps
Around your throat. It changes things. It makes
Ideas tremble. Origami shakes
Into form. You place two ceramic cups
On the table, hear the wind shake its hips
Against the nearest tree. Time without him takes
Getting used to. It's detail that wakes
You up at night, makes your heart collapse
In bitterness. Look at the terrible rose,
The frilled resurgence of its fragrant mouth.
Look in the closet at your father's shoes,
His robe, his scent erupting in the cloth.
Look at how little that your body knows:
The stones, like tears, you crush between your teeth.
Around your throat. It changes things. It makes
Ideas tremble. Origami shakes
Into form. You place two ceramic cups
On the table, hear the wind shake its hips
Against the nearest tree. Time without him takes
Getting used to. It's detail that wakes
You up at night, makes your heart collapse
In bitterness. Look at the terrible rose,
The frilled resurgence of its fragrant mouth.
Look in the closet at your father's shoes,
His robe, his scent erupting in the cloth.
Look at how little that your body knows:
The stones, like tears, you crush between your teeth.
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