Rip Maintain the keystone A rough cloth wiped on engraved rock Build this house on midnight rides and suicide Sylvia plath's roommate tried to check-out tried to buy her way to a sensible world with no-nonsense lead weights 52 white and round -the menu for lunch For dinner, they serve charcoal shakes service in bed, and made her check-in. Wipe the monolith that make skyscrapers dizzy Drag the cloth, and pray for rain. I tell time by the shadows turning on the sundial of her face Her expression scatters darkness, stops time I put a quarter in my palm and say tap it three times (hold out fist palm down) One, two, three (open fist, and show that it's empty) She says, "I've got a better trick." The flowers wilt in the noontime sun shaded by granite shadows I talk to you, but there's no answer I carry you in my arms I become your nonexistent legs and you, you are the wind that makes even the mountains cower. I carry you and stagger 1 step, each day for the rest of my life Can you count the cracks in the sidewalk? How many seconds have passed since you were born? Do you remember the first time you fell down, the last time you woke up screaming? (It's just a dream, go back to sleep) I carry you and stagger each step and then? I walk and count each wave that crashes on the shore I count each heartbeat since the day I was born: (hold fist out, palm down, and count) 1, 2...          WangZen