Si   lent
             fig   ures
                           un   der   a   du   vet
I do not know them
                            the pic   ture is not clear e   nough
                            I simp   ly can't
i  ma   gine   the   breath
              on a   no   ther one’s skin
                             crack   le be   tween   fin   gers
and so - called sparks
                             but I would dis   cover
                             the wi   res that con   nect us
und   er   stand our net   work
              like a be   guil   ing lab   y   rinth
                             quick blink - touch   es
qui   et   ly
                            crad   le your name
                            as if it were
a snow   flake

guil·lo·tine/ˈɡiləˌtēn,ˈɡēəˌtēn/noun:
guillotine; plural noun: guillotines
1.                  a machine with a heavy blade sliding
vertically in grooves,    used for beheading people;
a device for cutting that incorporates a descending
or sliding blade,            used typically
for cutting paper, card, or sheet metal.
a surgical instrument with a sliding blade
used typically for the removal of the tonsils.

          BRITISH (in parliament) a procedure
         used to prevent delay in the discussion
of a legislative bill by fixing times
     at which various parts of it
     must be voted on;
"a guillotine motion": verb: guillotine;
                         3rd person present:
guillotines; past tense: guillotined;
past participle: guillotined;
                  gerund or present participle: guillotining

1.             execute (someone)                by guillotine.
BRITISH (in parliament)      end discussion
by applying a guillotine to (a bill or debate).
            Origin: late 18th century: from the French,
named                      after Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814),
                the French physician who recommended
                                   its use for executions in 1789.