my oh my, how the experiment
     takes its toll …
darkness      house      lightpost
imagine these tomes as
     ancient history
antiquated     as in
     a distant memory, separated
   left drifting
               to be forgotten
never described to grandchildren

how, on a Sunday night
     a woman returned to Vancouver
   after being gone all weekend
          and went to
             a small party.
a man drove from Seattle
     to Vancouver
          the Friday before
and left about 9pm
   the same time she left
          Vancouver
        thinking of him
     and headed for Seattle
          how they passed each other
   on the freeway without knowing
stopped in Bellingham
     he, to  get gas,
      she, to turn around and head back to Vancouver
only to find out later