Mm! What I call a marked absence! And it brings a lump to the throat....
Brackets around the words (not there anymore) might not only be an
alternative form of punctuation but throw their own echoe into the poem?
Good to read it!
Trish Harewood

----- Original Message -----
From: "D.C Bursey" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 5:40 PM
Subject: Black hole


> There's a black hole
> in the middle of my living room
> next to the coffee table,
> not there anymore
> and the mat that your mother gave us
> left a light spot on a darkened floor.
>
> There's a black hole
> in the middle of my chest
> next to my heart,
> not there anymore
> and the ring that you gave me
> left a light spot on an older finger.
>
> There's a black hole
> in the middle of this page
> next to the words I love you.