dt

Maybe her hands are touching,
one thumb on the other --
Something behind her eyelids
must be looking at them.
She is explaining. Now she
moves a finger, but she isn't
talking to her hands. They separate,
and, faced with an empty space,
her eyes have moved up and sideways,
to you -- do you understand?
Delta t later,
you look at your knees,
and reply.

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