December 13 2002
Six-hundred seventy-nine

missing days friday what is a man
purposeful person painting silk
trading north every sin open and committing
city hall voting ruin and foul
dead air

missing love
purposeful desire and palsy play
lapsing every ticking here
and, of course, there

what is a woman
purposeful missing line doing and undoing
past participle coward and candidate
donating in kind future and present stake
apart from language
all we are yet