DISTANCE
There will always be
some distance between us
because we arenot the same person
and gender-different, and
race-different too
and other minor, pin-point
differences
to different to
mention
need to take them all
into consideration, subject
to close-
careful evaluation
lest we be led to conclude
upon way too superficial analysis
no two creatures in the galaxy,
let alone our smallish
Goldilocks planet could ever be more similar; less short of same ,
NOT TALKING
sadly poem
and film of the poem
are no longer
talking
to each other
film
of the poem
is still in embryo
stuck
in the concept stage
the scriptwriter
is trying to hook
a producer’s interest
presenting
a synopsis
everyone is wondering
how much of poem
should be
dropped, how
much embellished
in order to
produce an adaptation
that does not just
do justice but
extends, re-
interprets (without
going full
Charlie Kaufman)
metaphor
synechdoche
we can open with a tracking shot
to outdo Orson Welles or
Robert Altman
lingering seemingly forever
of each of
the seventeen syllables
all
of the three
shimmering lines
poems 2 die for