Connecting the Dots

the tender distance tests her. in the bleak angles the sun has struck. a cacophony of negotiated shadows in the perpendicular to lost.

the shallow convergence of the perspective humbles. proximity. betrays the intimate. progress merely a function of indifference.

all her choices are narrow bridges. the arithmetic of how far is secondary. the science of skin wide open.

the points erupt with tired contradiction. her journey is spent. in empty places and absent thieves.

narrow bridges chase the sun.