Now the toothless man
in fringed leather
looks over his shoulder
at them kindly.

Now the very
fabric
of space

is an agreement
to agree.

"We're looking for the coincidence
detector
that lets cells know
they've fired simultaneously."

       *

One believes she moves
forward

by absorbing
what has just occurred.

One thinks
he's the space
he clears.

       *

They tell this story
about themselves:

Fashion
is the big business

of making way
for what comes next

though this next thing's
not important,

not terribly important
yet