n. type, sort, class.
masculine/feminine singular/
plural those friends/lovers
animate/in
animate living/dead
living/moved
as its gusty living/moved but its only by
forces forces/laws/magic chew/kiss
living/result of a chain reaction result of a chain
reaction/naught
result/impetus matter created from
naught/naught same/
something all/parted
balls of cells/the things
we name (& so we wrap
in our mouths) the things we
name /the space
between them
after f. scott fitzgerald
he looked at her
the way a woman
who meant
to be a man looks at
a man
she meant to be
a man like
with pity
for all he will have
missed
