Complementary Completion

in terms of mathematics you loved me by threes

in terms of the physic we defied gravity

a perfect rhythm, devoutly forbid

in terms of geometry you shut down pyramids

by friday night standards we slept knee between knee

in terms of non-payment i filed bankruptcy

in a love that could not be reconciled

with dry ink and forms

a matter of convention, a matter of norms

in terms of the keyboard the asterisk knows best

to censor explicts and dress the undressed

a body of work cut from marble and stone

could not find the words we fused to our bones

a matter of diction, a matter of tone

in terms of fine art the sculptor’s unknown

in terms of our language we were speaking in tongues

in terms of the breath we were lacking for lungs

a matter of darkness, a matter of light

tonight on the marquee: fight versus flight

hedging your bets as they enter the ring

in terms of the outcome we knew only mourning

a brazen commitment, a treacherous fling

an unsteady winter, a wavering spring

for all of the unreliability

of modern science and technology

all we foil and tarnish

all we break to transmit

in terms of the electric best have a candle lit