Only the secrets you keep from yourself matter …
where we shadows end and begin.
‘O, I like these lines.’
he wrote to me
… an axis shining out space,
‘despite your gloss, defies me.’
and gently prodded
‘Different subject: in your message
not all the punctuation helps.
Say if you want me to explain’
until the others you cling to
and those you don’t
are no more
Well, we are ‘highly gratified’
deeply touched
and changed
in our core
gentle master.
