Try this--close /your eyes. No wait, when--if--we see each other / again, the first thing we should do is close our eyes--no, / first we should tie our hands to something/ solid--bedpost, doorknob-- otherwise they (wild birds) / might startle us / awake. Are we forgetting something? What about that / warehouse, the one beside the airport, that room / of black boxes, a man in each box? If you / bring this one into the light he will not stop / crying, if you show this one a photo of his son / his eyes go dead. Turn up the heat, turn up the song. First thing we should do / if we see each other again is to make / a cage of our bodies-- inside we can place / whatever still shines.
-nick flynn
(photo via The Land Between The Mountains)
