ELAINE EQUI
"Surface Tension"

           1.

that feeling
of resignation
that comes
                before change

           2.

someone calls
and says
she has seen a body
flying through the air

maybe now
isn’t a good time
to talk

           3.

fuck shapes

           4.

replace the narrative
with another
form of narrative

           5.

aping
the lush life

           6.

the Hansel and Gretel
basement

the endless supply
of cookies

           7.

the rarely seen
pistachio green

           8.

privacy

           9.

as another form of intimacy

           10.

they call that
                a sucker punch

           11.

when a woman
walks toward you

the way she did

something happens

           12.

it’s like mailing a letter

           13.

you think of things
as co-ordinates

           14.

you replace sleep
with pointing