by Nathaniel Mackey

    - "mu" fifth part -

    His they their

    we， their he

    his was but if

    need be one，

    self-

    extinguishing

    I， neither sham nor

    excuse yet an

    alibi， exited，

    out，

    else

    the only where

    he'd be.

    Before

    the long since

    remaindered

    body， imagines

    each crack， each

    crevice as it sweats

    under cloth，

    numbed

    inarticulate

    tongues touching

    down on love's endlessly

    warmed-over thigh.

    The awaited one

    she mistook him for haunts

    him， tells him in

    dreams he told

    him so.

    Such offense，

    but at what

    won't say，

    moot

    remonstrance，

    no resolve if not

    not to be caught

    out. . .

    Abstract advance， its