makoma asεm

a little heart to heart

Collaborative artwork by Althea Purville and A.B. Godfreed

Go on,
put this trite piece
aside
let it loose to go
find anyone
where you are
right now.

Search
each room,
look for other lost
souls
and do this.

It’s a must.

Alone?

All alone!
Then, stride out
into the street,
grab
the first one you meet:
man, woman, child, even the dog down the road.

Go!

Find
someone
gaze into his/her/its
eyes
which must not be
encumbered with so many pronouns,
when translated into
other tongues.

Just do it!

Hold
anyone
close enough to watch
yourself in a stranger’s eyes,
always black pupils,
undiluted
scenes of you in miniature,
looking deep into
sights unseen
of you
looking deep into
the Other
who sees you…