1.9.12
They say “breaking”
. though it is difficult to imagine
. molecules tearing asunder
. the form no longer holding–
perhaps it is more like “pouring”
. or “freeing itself”–
. this is like nothing you have experienced
a confused signal where “this” could
. easily be “that”–
then, as if it were the most natural
. action, they incise
. a neat line crosswise
exposing something so tender
. you simply cannot bear to look–
waters parted, she prone–
. lips open, trying to form words–