You thought of me for a moment,
a sort of passing, like the small mosquito on a less than succulent leg—
a flit, a flitter, then gone
into the clouds and ever-space of the out there,
more afterthought than present.
But on this moment, unlike others,
you chose to bite,
proboscis at the ready, elongated like a straw:
Perhaps an assemblage of moments formed into over a minute.
Perhaps guilt tugged at the skin so softly it started to itch.
Either way, you reached—
out, to, for what? I do not know,
but into ever-space you went a’reaching…
sending birds tweeting to the sky,
bearing news of great recompense,
yet words as empty as the second half
of the metaphorical glass.
And when more time has come to pass, you remember:
this is why I flit, why I flitter,
a world half empty,
wholly bitter—
and then there is forget.
The high of having tried,
the fear of being slapped away,
the reality of plucked wings…
Moments flash, leg after leg
into the great subconscious—
never to touch my skin again.