doesn't ring true, a loveless phrase described
vacantly, in all meaningful terms
absent of pith, itself defined by absence
Darkness is absolute and palpable
receding only to validate love
just as this treatise systematically
evades poesy, it does so respectfully
in order that it may flourish elsewhere
you can, if you try hard enough
separate what is legal and what is right
it is not so easy to tell the virgin
darkness from adulterated light
