bodiless

eventually,
the springs will dry
and the mountains
over morocco
will exist
in the same way
the sahara does.

vast, foreign

foreboding.

those kind, small
monkeys
who will
hold your hand

they know how to trust.

monkeys - replaced
with
bodiless sand.




I have never tried
to hold a stranger's hand

that could amount to
sexual assault,
or screams.

and then,
where would I be?

in jail, handcuffed,
cold on the concrete

where the springs have run dry.