2:09 a.m. IM by Janet Holmes

enjoying life as a nobody? … actually we’re both no bodies this way (as in pixels & ether … "there’s 2 of us u know" … & random disconnects) mais oui … "imagine unconventional beauty" u said … mais oui … (may we? we may) (or may not) if i meet u f2f some day…

enjoying life as


a nobody?
…

actually
we’re both no bodies this way

(as in pixels & ether

…

"there’s 2 of us u know"
…

& random
disconnects)

mais oui

…

"imagine unconventional beauty"
u said
…

mais oui

…

(may we? we
may)

(or may not)

if i meet u f2f some day
i won’t even know it
…

f2f?

(french?)

…

dont u think thats weird

face to face
u know, in person
meeting in the flesh

(im afraid to use
my o so bad french w/u)
…

hard concept that

i was almost convinced
u were fictional

figment of a late-night screen

…

i am entirely nonfictional
(nonfigmental)
!!!!!!!
…

well, camouflaged then

…

this isn’t hiding

i’m very open with u

which is y pix is a good idea
imho
…

multiple !!s are assaultive

u hide yourself otherways

…

incredulous!!!! that’s all

for gods sake
…

anyway

looking at something directly
always
changes it

lets not
 

by Janet  Holmes
from her book F2F  published by University of Notre Dame Press
appearing originally on Poetry Daily

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