suspicion
maps the functional representation
of an ephemeral floor
Where compassion,
a wall of beveled panes
sharply etched
out of floundering temperate vapor
Unclasps
mirrored reflection
and sets recognition out for sale
There an unexpected quiet flicker of a wise pen,
beyond where the stonewall echoes for us,
taps graceful certainty just past
the length of my grasp
Anonymity claims respite,
misshapen scraps of a tree-lined street's
midnight shelter