A City Seems (Between Us)

Disgusted, he sleeved his theories,
the riveting narratives, his dreams
unkempt, sullen. An ordered 
disorder. We had the courage 
to write about happiness. An
idea, a phrase, you don't know
why it means so much to you.
They need plot, but he didn't.
Separated from garden-variety
revelation (by semantics), the
elliptical nature of the discussion
was unsettling. She seemed right
in her moodiness though. Keep
going until the treeline of nuance. 



This poem first appeared in volume 3, issue 1 (Summer 2000) of Moria.