I crouch down to get a book from a low shelf
& the room swims
I steady myself with both hands
at that very moment on the other side of the ocean
you are waking from a five-hour nap
it’s 1:00 a.m.
a cat or a fox has just screamed in your garden
your dog wakes with you
follows you downstairs
we talk
the five hours between us momentarily erased
you ask what the bible means by the phrase
in the fullness of time
your hair’s still in a bun
pierced by a pair of chopsticks
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See the photographic response by Rachel Rawlins: “Door.”
So *that’s* what it means. Thank you.
Heh. You’re welcome. (But don’t thank me — respond with a photo at twisted rib!)
Oh, holy wow, Dave. That’s beautiful. (And I love your reading of the Biblical phrase, too.)
Glad you like it. Thanks for commenting.
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