The night conspiratorial, A certain unfriendly bite to it, heaviness like things undone, Autumn is television cackle mahogany scented, one creature making sense Of its biology, Legs and arms and hearts and minds entangled, Until lethargic resignation Slipping our memories in years to come, Like we were absent from our bodies, Fleetingly appalled at my abandonment, To what extent do the walls know?