Hey Hivebody,

a couple’s a wonderful example of a brain
its parts; but just one person I think
just one person speaking alone
has less than half a mind this I believe
and if you want to see a whole body

my angel look to a group of friends
with much sex between them, ordering
drinks swirling from bar to table
stools to outside with cigarettes

and if something has died in you
your humor or your memory of desire
what it was like to broadly want
the joy of drinking that is gone
the trust that you are loved
or that your love is good

then to be with your friends in conversation
is to crowd into a body again
a full mind and participate in it
in what you are missing for instance
desire always very present in a group
ordering drinks on Saturday after the reading
everyone’s knees everyone’s jacket
reach over you for that

across the deep circle of the table
the couple makes eyes and knows it’s time
it’s time there is no watch like a couple
if you want to see an entire clock face
please direct your eyes to the couple’s eyes
telling each other the time