more (dreams).

during the afternoon

from one to 4.5,

he rescued me

once and twice.

in currencies of love

my gratitude was paid:

devotion and happiness, 

some long silent business

the first mind had fooled

the other's beliefs

and imagination to do.

to briefly explain:

sent forth by obligation,

biological determination

with an unclear intention

of securing protection

my mouth, tongue and limbs

commanded by him

through the rule

of equal exchange:

i did what he did

to pay in kind,

fulfilling desiderata

and we both survived.

one mind deep under

easy persuasion,

while the other softly quaked

with its unwanted knowledge 

of the near and nearer future,

he and i,

alone but together,

in bed with a stranger

that is, each other.

we know no names,

we called no names,

only muted sounds

melting in layers

(and all disappeared

with three and half rotations 

of the longer hand's strokes

on an open, indifferent face.)