It seems warm today

yet I know

this is only seeming.

It seems sweat is sliding

in tiny beads between the hairs

on my chest.

And it seems I feel heat radiating

from my back and shoulders.

 

It is an odd delight

This seeming.

 

They told me that--

well for example you

only seemed to be,

that I made you up for

the most part.

 

You were the most exquisite

product of an outstanding seeming.

 

They congratulated me.

 

So now if you seem to be gone

it is no more real than the taste of salt

on my upper lip.