Pull us apart by our sinews, our tendons,
tissues of muscle, the legs that we stand on,
harder and farther, our joints inseparable,
arms clutched together until they're irreparable,
torn out of sockets and shredded to tatters,
yank from all angles at all things that matter,
books that we love, the country that birthed us,
pull us apart, separate us like curtains,
to the opposite poles, to the opposite corners,
pull - beyond limits, pull - beyond borders,
pull till you're sure that our bodies have parted,
there you will see how the universe started,
and at that instant, unable to hold us,
watch as we merge at the hips, at the shoulders,
closing the gap as the vacuum continues
pulling us in by our tendons, our sinews…