1
From what I don’t recall
I am able to infer
what didn’t happen
in a given setting
while you can’t or won’t
so that
I might have been behind you
in the boat
or you might have been alone
or accompanied by strangers.
Alternates persist
since they aren’t named as such.
On the other hand, I feel
the removal of one element
changes the event
so it must disappear
(intact)
2
If thunder clapped,
small flowers
at leaf joints
stared straight ahead
in silence.
Did rocks react?
Try to recall
-- Rae Armantrout
