Y.
That perfect letter.
Wishbone.
Fork in the road.
Emptied glass awaiting a refill.
If you look close enough, tiny prints of sparrows in sand.
The half of the chromosome couple half of us don't have.
A question we ask, again and again.
Second to last- almost there- in the alphabet.
Coupled with a L, and you can describe
the way in which what is done is done.
Modest X. Kiss kiss. Legs closed.
Y or N? Yes, of course.
It's a peace sign,
upside down.
Y- a Greek letter- joined the Latin alphabet after
the Romans conquered Greece
in the first of all centuries we've counted by their numerals.
Y is a double agent- a vowel, a consonant,
or both?
Before Y was given to us, we couldn't talk of someone smiling happily
or know to help someone in need quite desperately.
Before Y we couldn't ask for the answers we wanted.
I don't think we could have been happy.
Nov 5, 2013
Nov 5, 2013 at 12:26 PM UTC
Y.
That perfect letter.
Wishbone.
Fork in the road.
Emptied glass awaiting a refill.
If you look close enough, tiny prints of sparrows in sand.
The half of the chromosome couple half of us don't have.
A question we ask, again and again.
Second to last- almost there- in the alphabet.
Coupled with a L, and you can describe
the way in which what is done is done.
Modest X. Kiss kiss. Legs closed.
Y or N? Yes, of course.
It's a peace sign,
upside down.
Y- a Greek letter- joined the Latin alphabet after
the Romans conquered Greece
in the first of all centuries we've counted by their numerals.
Y is a double agent- a vowel, a consonant,
or both?
Before Y was given to us, we couldn't talk of someone smiling happily
or know to help someone in need quite desperately.
Before Y we couldn't ask for the answers we wanted.
I don't think we could have been happy.
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