28 November 2005

you suddenly remember




the palpebral fissure.

you suddenly remember, for no reason,
is the term for the space between your
eyelids when they are open.

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the natal cleft.


...slouching beside you, seat reclined, exhausted,
sleeping with such ferocity her fingers
twist and poke as if they were using an
invisible ATM in her lap.

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