rankle

days collage overlap and obscure
but unglued uncommitted float above canvas
story of things unseen half seen remain to be seen
a scene
half smile cardigan whiskey whispers
pictures apart in gelato times spinning into
a dance and a dip in Madison Square
a trip in florid fluorescent shops forgetting
faces and places and leaving no traces
and the thing that rankles isn't the why but the how
not the ending but the rending
insouciance diminishing existence into scraps
blown away by the wind
until it never happened
blank canvas again