“words leak through definition”
–Roland Barthes
He became a part of speech,
A statement without need
Of a response. She fell after
The predicate, and waited
To be acted upon. Yet, he
Couldn’t define the subject
By himself. There had to be
More than his limits allowed,
More to the conversation
Than life’s mundane truths.
He watched as she erased
Him slowly with time,
Leaving a smudged outline
Of an incomplete sentence.
(June 13, 2017)
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