Only a week ago
a slender week now
so
thin a painting couldnt be hung with it or anything of substance bound
and if they hadnt come out
where they went in
THEN
and always only then
is a small sorrow suffered
only by those few
intimates
in
touch
invested
and outside
beyond their pliant blue
shimmering bubble
were it busted
others were safe
intact
unscathed
no radical chain-reaction or
roiling chemical concern
maybe slightly shaken
otherwise
what might have been their violent white
destruction
would scarcely have raised an eyebrow
for Eyes naturally were elsewhere
Involved
utterly distracted
as they
should be
NO they wouldnt recognize
it was Only a week ago
2248, Tuesday,
14 10. 14
