We react to one
another
laughing
talking
finger lickin
olives and peels
rinds
soaked in oils.
A city of concrete
intrudes
on neon
on power poles
on what it takes
to compete
with someone
who lives
next to someone
and someone else
crowding
spaces
on people
endeavouring to
grub out
a living
on a melanoma
of land
the size
of a thumbprint.
I'm keen to share
the same sunlight
skylight
orbit
turn of the clock
anything in fact
as we sit
so close
breathing in
our fumes
knowing
instinctively
virally each other
as we cross pollinate
thoughts
interact
but remain
so close...
what we have
is the gradual
unbalancing of
the flat world
we live on
the tenacity
to grip arms
and legs locked
opposites
swapping roles.