Yvonne Eller
Mobile: On deciding to keep it on the seventh day after both you and my mother independently informed me that my main problem is indecision
There are times when I think our parting
would reverse nature.
(Think of Aristophanes’
revolting hermaphrodites, struck down by Zeus,
torn in two to prevent an uprising and left
in halves cursed to seek themselves forever;
There would have been lightning bolts,
a desert and blindness, like Rapunzel’s saviour
flailing; damage by thorns.)
I do not call you my other half.
We are more like two fingers, crossed.
In fact, on this wet Wednesday evening, I wonder
if our combined, doubled weight
could limit us when we’d be better off
floating untrained, paying as we go.
Or if love much cares for gravity,
let alone time.
If I am temporarily blinded by the completion
of inclusivity contracts, which bind me
in all terms and conditions, ultimately
to yourself,
forgive me.
I can take you, 2 for 1,
to the giant screen
next Wednesday evening.
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