Taren

added to the list of this I did not know

There is a country called Kazakhstan

Bigger than France, Spain, Germany

et cetera

combined

it is 4x the size of Texas

 

subtracted from the list of this I know too well

her smell

the sound of my name in her mouth

soon. she will never fill my eyes

again.

already. the fog between us

is a barbed fence of fare-thee-well

trilled softly through gulps of air

that we are done does not ease

the friend she's been to me

she will only be a state away

they say

they do not know that our states

are not mappable

cannot be trekked again

our last meal shared and I cannot swallow

there is a knot growing that is bigger

than I am

that is 4x the size of Texas