villanelle

Everything needs context for comprehension.
The lake drinks the moon, this duck is a rabbit.
A face needs a mirror, or a hand to caress it.

Our hands shape the world.
Our eyes make the sun set.
Everything needs context for comprehension.

A face needs a mirror. An entrance,
an exit. A wound needs a weapon
or a hand to caress it.

Everything needs context, or 
maybe a lead vest. Don’t mistake knowledge
for comprehension.

Lost is the letter alone alphabetic,
and a word has no essence outside of its sentence.
A face needs a mirror, or a hand to caress it.

The body is bounded, it filters perception.
Duck-rabbit meets buckshot. The lake’s full of bird shit.
Everything needs context for comprehension.
A face needs a mirror, or a hand to caress it.