In Marginal Notes

how distant you are
your soft lines blurred by time
(the flavor of you
remembered smell of coffee)

The jetstream
your trajectory
my directory
full of empty numbers

Your hands your feet
gathered together
bound in leather
fingers clutch
frugal touch

How much air will pass between us
our heads on one pillow
the flight of one swallow

stand by stand by
hands straining after reasons why
framed lost parted
you told me when we started

when we started