peculiar happiness
xeniot 2001-01-16

having nothing to do with sums,
with the long lies of memory
which must be fit
to maps of cities

wordless kisses
from pebbles and flies
and fingertips
demand no explanations

cannot be drawn at will
from its deep wells
or played back on a stereo

a useless philosophy
poor entertainment
unintentional gifts
of a jealous metaphysic
or leaky secrets
  to which we wake