“How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow?”
–Carl Jung
He takes another step and slips
into shadow, absorbed into air
as if inhaled by the darkness.
One side refracts the other?
Just because a line is drawn
creates a definition of two?
Somewhere he read Picasso said
in answer to a query: the first
line on the page is the hardest
to draw. He imagines himself
in the demarcation he creates
like dust furred among crevices
in a wall, particulate traces
of an inarticulate breath.
(September 4, 2104)
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