We needed water & frozen water

for the party. I chose you to two-step

with but the downstairs chandelier

stayed still, its prisms prim.

Consider this: if sunfish

& ducks compete for the same bit

of bread, at any moment their mouths

might meet. That’s how my mother

explained the Other, told me to hedge

my bets, furl wish-scrolls into

the topiary.  Still I had questions

about Life & the Afterlife. You

looked in through the screendoor.

I sat next to my ex.