Orlando White

i-j

Skeletons shaped

like two

letters.

She holds a comma.

He holds a black dot.


Each do not know

the other

until they are

laid next to

one another.

Underneath

the paper

both have faces.

If you look

under

the page,

you will see

two lovers

shaped

like i and j

kissing with a hyphen.

Orlando White

"i-j" first appeared in To Topos Poetry International, Fall 2006.

Posted on May 19, 2009 6:13 AM