A silence that tunnels forever
through your eyes no no you have
no eyes an eyelash caught in the
doorjamb see I am crying I know
you are in there inside one of
these tears your body the color
of drunk water water thrown out
of a rocket ship that’s the only
water that quenches this thirst
your cricketblue body sizzling
like a sky of cinders a galaxy
born of laughter the cliff of
scent your own body is making
with each sigh you must guide
me elsewhere through the rain
a small man from another world
I am the canary that strangles
itself with joy and you my widow
floating through this mirror.