just shy

can't meet in the eyes
but feet i can see
and ask how it is with the left
or the right
because that's something i can fix
as i recite the pieces of toes
up to each quadricep. but can't trace
the anatomy between here and the
four by fours
swung from an afternoon
hammocked and hung on the fridge

thus,
the silence
that speaks up for us
amongst our noisy neighbors
as i look for things to swing from



wb