This active pressing
not yet
articulated
this quiver this balance
this skin twitch what will happen
this not the next thing and not the last thing
unknown this thing
here that can't be named and won't be remembered
this here now instant quick gone
this rushing away thing that is always now
this gone thing here
dress for it and it's gone
this we can't touch but go through and get gone through
by it a line clacking through the heart
like this like a jump and not like a jump
this thin thing membrane
and suddenly history wants it forever
yes this we can do nothing with
but know there are dark clouds above it trees growing in it
people microwaving party pies almost instantly in it
this active pressing not yet articulated
this arm in a sleeve sudden nose tip
this skin twitch touch and what happens next
this so well known always with us membrane thing
stretched all the way across
like lunchwrap
this active pressing
gone always gone thing

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