she was parenthetical
peering out from
beyond the tapered curves
nestled comfortably
but melancholically
in the spaces between
vital sentiments
her man was declarative
appositive
her children
interrogative
her mother
ejaculatory
then one day she found
an em-dashed seraph
proudly extraneous and
breathtaking
meaning didn't demand
her but her specifics
lent notions the
wingspan of prophecy
and thoughts were
slender for her
absence
in the pillared shadows
of connotative equinox
they whispered
unnecessaries to each other
ellipsing into
confidantes periods
of pointed pointless
suggestion between
them
