Tissue Flashcards
1
Q
Paper that lets the light
shine through
A
this
is what could alter things.
2
Q
the kind you find in well-used books,
A
the back of the Koran,
3
Q
pages smoothed and stroked and turned
A
transparent with attention.
4
Q
If buildings were paper, I might
A
feel their drift
5
Q
Maps too. The sun shines through
A
their borderlines
6
Q
what was paid by credit card
A
might fly our lives like paper kites.
7
Q
but let the daylight break
A
through capitals and monoliths,
8
Q
raise a structure
A
never meant to last,
9
Q
paper smoothed and stroked
and thinned to be transparent,
A
turned into your skin.
