I want to be very clear

rough careful

a broad-boned face

brown curly hair

eyes and a forehead

heavy leg bones

very clear

sorting out

exercise

talking

making people laugh

laughing

walking on the street

eating cheese

orange

salt

dry grass

brown dirt warm sun

cities typewriters.

Looking is easier for me

than listening.

Why is that?

wondering.

A girl is in a mirror.

Lady chick broad skirt bird

young thing slip of a thing

in a mirror.

A man smiles.

He moves, he lights a cigarette

He stands up

he moves closer, smiling.

A girl in a mirror

space light prisms

small

smaller

little, pretty, light

a blue skirt

delicate smaller.

The top of her head

fits easily under the table.

She looks up

a man smiles

hand on her head.

Light, floating

far away

mirror echoes

music fading

breath wind

going away

A girl in a mirror

smiling pretty very small.

I can't find it

it's lost

it doesn't fit

tight, can't breathe

stay, go away

inside outside

where is it?

He didn't mean to

he didn't mean to.

Did he mean to?

Get him out of here.

Leave the room

blank sleep

breathe walk

It's all right

It's all right

I want to be very clear.

I look at my foot.

My foot looks at me.

We are friends again.

A person might say hello.

My foot and I together

might say hello back.

Walking slow

breathing

I would like to be very clear

about my arm.

I would like to feel

that the top of my head

will not suddenly begin pressing down.

A man smiles

he moves, he stands up

he moves closer, smiling,

I want to be very clear about this.