We Lose Everything
We lose everything
Every day of war;
When it’s over we compare Losses.
Welcome treaty makers;
Have tea together
Drink from unremarkable white cups.
We can make out the cognates
In our languages
Without translation.
Consult the silence
The name beyond names —
Nothing.
I am Nothing;
In Nothingness —
May be Our only Salvation;
Pitiful codifiers of names, said the Prophet,
If you were thirst if you were hunger
Your waiting would save the world.
jsg, usa
Sleepless; #11