What Do Sororities Make You Do

quarter-hour half-hour hours minutes

strong strong strong strong



when the presence of someone
is reduced and when the absence of something
becomes normal when the body of water rippling in the wind when the wind and
prevents the stone to bounce

when thought becomes a surrogate when the surrogate being
and becomes food for the soul when the Florentine
is not the same without bone
and when greed makes us the bone with the

hands when
account the hours and half hours
swallow when the minutes drag


inflammation

clumsy binge that leaves a herringbone at the bottom of the palate

without taking breath without

ask for help without taking his head in his hands without closing his eyes


organs tampered with enthusiasm


yet the orchestra is playing and I do not notice the weather
and do not feel the steps of the day and I do not see colors
impure

strong.