Because I refuse to accept the opposition of night and day I must pit other, subtler periodicities against the
emptiness of being an adult. Their traces inside my body attempt precariously, like any sign, to produce under-
standing, but though nothing may come of that, the grass is growing. Can words play my parts and also find
their own way to the house next door as rays converge and solve their differences? Or do notes follow because
drawn to a conclusion? If we don’t signal our love, reason will eat our heart out before it can admit its form of
mere intention, and we won’t know what has departed.
emptiness of being an adult. Their traces inside my body attempt precariously, like any sign, to produce under-
standing, but though nothing may come of that, the grass is growing. Can words play my parts and also find
their own way to the house next door as rays converge and solve their differences? Or do notes follow because
drawn to a conclusion? If we don’t signal our love, reason will eat our heart out before it can admit its form of
mere intention, and we won’t know what has departed.