AN ALGEBRAIC QUESTION
It is a simple equation
whether to grieve.
Count the days.
Number the pain.
Measure the volume
between your legs
and its viscosity.
There is a reason to wait to tell.
Such a mundane loss.
They would not know
under the seams
my knots are tied,
the miscalculations
hidden in the fold.
Inspired by the Anne Carson twitter bot and therefore by Anne Carson.