1. Time is a school of fish / fighting for
bits of rice tossed into the moat

2. or a smile on the moon over the city at
dusk

3. a hand with spread fingers

4. as a young woman leans against ancient
doors of Thapae Gate

5. Little time is the glass globe that contains
us

6. it is possible to believe in ghosts here

7. to see them in houses or at the front door

8. like children their noises carry

9. someone wakens in a dark room

10. sees the outline of a dead father

11. We slip in and out of dreams

12. bite into fresh pineapple

13. with each swallow find a shredded love

14. Buddha lifts his hand in the dark

15. everything continues to go wrong