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I. Name

another name
could it be another name?

vacillating shades
too pink
too gray

colors of futures
that don’t exist

same space
same names

which one
which name
which one
which shade

I forgot your name


II. Face

delicate resemblance
of what has been

I saw you in him
I saw him in you

eyes that stab
and gouge out
my own


III. Structure

repeat

begin
just to end

played over
and over

the passions
of this sin

IV. Nothing

vastness
gaping to swallow
aching to wallow
but won’t

instead

stays open

bursting in hollow


V. Translate

begotten

lost

erratic fervor
squelched under
stillness

you are replaceable

I am constant

and we
are inevitable