New bits & strands

[DieterM]

1.
The Big Bang
in a nutshell—
simple, really:
a quadrizillion
Sicilian widows,
wailing,
because rents
are high,
or someone
fiddled with
their frittula,
or just
because they can

[DieterM]

2.
You lie there,
crumpled like the first sketch
of a farewell letter—
let me unfold you,
and with fever fingers
tremble a love poem
on your body

[DieterM]

3.
Not knowing,
Not knowing and therefore going
Through bewilderment, doubt, despair,
Then text messages and emails
With shameful cheeks,
Probing and trying to piece together
Hints and sudden angers
With snakes in the stomach...
Not knowing because
You won't say