Her Behind Him

 

Behind him. Unbeknown. Staring endless. As if endlessly. As if it could happen. This way. Anyway. Limewash. Flaking. Turgid. Smell of. Smell of moss. Fungus. Underfoot. Known. He was. Standing. Peering at the floor. Water. Puddled. floor bound. As if held. Tested. Water in streaks. Bleeding onto. And over the floor. And under. From above. Retina fixed upon and through. Until. As if endlessly. Flaking off in white patches. Of fungus. Small dimensions and one dot doesn’t. From above. mapped out. Up ended. And under. Eyes focused through water-bled puddles. Up. On. The floor is not expansive. More walls than floor. And dry ceiling. High. As if sky bound. Upward. Distant. Eyes as if. Endless from on high. Behind. Up above. Cornered. Cornered convex retinas. Bi-focaled. Unbeknown. Endless gaze. Of unknown proportions. Watered pupils. Reflected. Up over and into and through down into unspecified area of water bled from walls. Breeding.-~Down. Up from under flaking lime washed. Fragments fall slowly. Through. As if pushed out from. Leaf like. Unbeknown. Seen only static. And he her also. Also not moving. She sees. Gazing as if. If not. Entirely endlessly. From behind. There is distance. As before. As. As always. Between them. Not empirical. Unmeasured. If known. This way. Anyway. His eyes. Hidden. But seen. As he is seen through. Transparent of sorts. Back of retinas caught in her gaze. Once only as if endless. It happens. Underfoot. Above. Expansive walls. Bleeding streaked. Only once. All. Ways. Indefinite.

 

© Tim Brennan, February 1995/2016