the light shines only so far. After that
you have to crawl.
I searched for you and everything you touched
was magic half in bloom twice not knowing
whether to begin at the center or not.
Why look for happiness outside yourself.
Because, that’s why. The entrance
to the cave was still far off.
We traveled ‘by night’ and slept ‘by day’
perpendiculars rushing past and we were two
animals with western eyes waiting to cross
the highway—)