so I would be ready to set about
I went to you
according to a contract that said
I could come to you
given that after a certain time I would leave you
but you spoke to me from the outset
in a tone that led me to question
this contract and its stipulations
how sound is something
which is not in the least
accounting for
what was materializing between you
and what is otherwise known
to you as me
(From 26: A journal of poetry and poetics, 2006)