12 March 2011

they are all such relative terms















proximity is merely measurement
cold hard facts
things that arouse scientists
and others with reason to wear
sterile white coats

an inch a foot a meter
just mortal ways of understanding
here to there
and there to where

but even dung beetles can measure
distance with their frequent
pauses from transporting their
excremental gold

thigh to thigh
elbow to elbow
the measurement is minute
but the distance is gargantuan

hollow hollow
through and through

the wind can still nestle between us

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