syrup or chemistry
clarity or caffeine

how many layers will I take off once morning fades

bus seats or pillows
a feather in the reeds

a shelf of journals or a shelf of novels

a girl reading a neon pink book
a blind woman selling flashlights

a troglodyte swinging on a self-installed pendulum

past the primal
when others are fascinated by it

everything could be one or the other
2007