As if the bottom of Cayuga Lake opened to the sky, 
So too Never is also Forever. As matter is mirrored
In antimatter, as shape is mirrored in shadow, we share 

A reverse marriage, my love. A parallel universe
Of Nothing kissing Never forever. Because a vow to not
Be together is still a vow. A vow is like a meter or an inch—

At once both a measured connection, a measured distance.
The vow between us: one arm’s length, one block away,
One single shared silence whose opacity is a blank canvas

That makes us see each other in nightmares and light up
With hope. I always lose you as I never lose you. Time is a tease.
Chronology, a banal binary of starts and ends. We had in mind

Far more generous gifts for each other: a love other than bodies
Can feel, other than anniversaries can commemorate.
Ours are rings that cannot slip off down the drain.

Me deeper inside you than my hand could ever reach.
Every night alone, next to you. Every morning alone, next to you.