for the painter
We were like mirrors
Both
artists
planning: waiting
to move: to leave
Each on their own terms
Large windows
Mine facing South
His facing North
-disconcerting to watch, to be watched
To watch became to desire
Surely that was not
reflecting love
Both
having moved
from relationships
for a long time cultivated
controlled: continued
-disconcerting motions
His work turned out
to be
a circle
in the middle of moving
images
My moving
images
turned out
to be
a returning circle
A mirror that was
there
to reflect
Surely that was sex
It worked
both ways
Now
the apartment across mine
has no more meaning
Both
are empty
-disconcerting darkness
