Untitled, Sept 25, 2012.

i.

Look at these two circles,
one inscribed inside the other.

This first circle is your life.
The second circle is also your life.

I don’t know why there are two
circles instead of one:

maybe one is the measure of your heart
and the other the measure of your body.

maybe instead it’s like breathing:
this is you living with lungs full
this is you deflated

you in 2011 exaltant
you in 2012 disappointed.

ii.

Call your family with love:
you could have died on the interstate
twice in the past two months, if we’re being charitable.

you have articulated the limits of your body
and extrapolated from them the infinity
of your heart.

You may choose a circle and erase it.