Interpretation
The removal of “I” from “love you.”
The replacement of “you” with “ya.”
The careful distancing of ourselves
from our emotions, as if we were
observing things being felt by others.
As if we had dropped a coin in the slot
so we could watch from behind
the mirrored glass as two perfect
representations of (I and you)
acted out the truths we dare not say.
To use language as a disguise.
To wear the familiar as a mask.
To sit in the confessional,
no priest but simply the other,
the one to whom it is possible
to speak only in code, in tongues,
in glancing blows, in part.
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30 November 2024
Charlottesville VA
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