the truth of their being together br or apart is less than the space between br the letters of any word: a part of eachother br they are, in these of years of anger and love; br reclining skins streaming the nightsweats br of uncomfortable sleep-and no respite br not even for the unspoken dream of dreams br they dream. br br These two: br br a pairing of question marks, br thinner and spooned shivering br in the half-mouthed alphabet br of their own dark house br br waiting to be married soon.