‘Love at first sight,’ some say, misnaming
Discovery of twinned helplessness
Against the huge tug of procreation.
But friendship at first sight? This also
Catches fiercely at the surprised heart
So that the cheek blanches and then blushes.
“we live in a / world of / bodies or / not if the / falling trees / don’t kill / the chimps / the lack of / habitat will / they squawk / as they swing / from branch / to branch / o-o-o-awak! / with those / miraculous / hands the / butterflies / killed off / by the new- / wave pollen”
Maggie Nelson | “The World”