diametrically
ovenbird
The
almost
prism
of
the
door
’s
cut
glass
throws
a
spear
of
light
onto
the
floor
—a
luminous
body
with
one
red
hand
and
one
blue
,
stretching
outward
like
a
child
pretending
she
can
fly
.
As
the
spill
of
photons
seeps
into
the
carpet
it
leaves
behind
the
spreading
stain
of
a
story
:
we
can
’t
understand
a
thing
without
its
opposite
.
Heat
means
nothing
without
the
sting
of
ice
held
too
long
in
the
palm
.
So
sometimes
I
stand
on
the
shore
of
a
dead
cerulean
sea
to
make
it
easier
to
find
your
living
pulse
—a
point
of
warmth
that
draws
my
face
towards
its
radiance,
eyes
closed
,
until
I
’m
shivering
with
something
other
than
the
cold
.
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