Girl (Two)

a lack of shared

amniotic fluid

necessitates some distance

eyes that are blue

(soon green)

reflect off water and glass

and sometimes

scales moving in the sphere

they tell us

proximity is love

Girl (Zero)

round fish with radiant spikes

says "poke here"

something must pop like the sound

of lips on clavicle

you can't eat something

with such a cute face

and you can't love something transient because

it will be mistranslated

but you still

have to push.

Katabasis

i am studying

the transmission of self

this is only a test

please expect over--

compensation for cooperation

every transition

from day to night

conscious to dreaming

is--

(static)