Half-deaf at dawn, come evening my vision doubles twice and every atom in the room begins to scream.
By the time I see straight again, the premises of each chamber have vacated and I don’t recognize one.
I, too, am swiftly unfamiliar.
Then, the second winds itself, peeks at first, cuts loose; a splitter, a corner kisser.
miss call misser
A ball.
miss me well
So.
I know that at some point, she began going by ‘Even’. I still don’t know why.
Another cherry.
It occurs to me –
Your first mister was your first monster.
make me a promise you’ll never keepand I’ll tell you a secret you willego is a terrible thing to wasteeven still
She must be down there.
I will find her tonight, or leave her there.