Sketch

Carefully -
You sketch
Something too beautiful for words.
So you don't say them.

You pour.
You brush
gently stroking back and forth
like a lullabye.

You were watching so closely
You missed it.
How?
Who knows.
It's too late.
It's ruined.
You broke it.

Get Angry.
Cry.
You were watching too closely.
You couldn't see.
A misinterpretation.

January 21, 2002

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