“it is precisely there where you are not”
–Roland Barthes
He said then she said
Interspersed and followed
By silence’s awkward
Focus where seconds
Transcribe alternative
Conversations behind
Walls manufactured
From imaginary sin
Until he or she speaks
Opening and closing
Doors as if hunting
For the something which
Would unlock the secret
Of their stale hearts
(June 12, 2017)
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