Bob and Weave

Backing Out

115 Backing Out Back out of this now— Back out by retreating to the door, no stalling, no second guessing— just pulling that space together till it is nothing Back out of this because to stay is to gnaw at your own spine from the dark niche of the stomach because to stay is to trap one voice with another in a small room with no windows only the knock on walls from other rooms Back out of this—Now— by nodding your head like an old tin cup on a stick in the wind because the colors have all come clear because they are not the green you dreamed of but a dark shade of blue because the message taped on the bathroom door is not for you Back out of this by letting the eyes go not your own eyes but hers—let them go to the other eyes let them follow that other path of light This page intentionally left blank. This page intentionally left blank. ...