Exposure In Black & White

[explanatory note: what follows is three poems.]

Bus Riders (George Segal)

Clara, Clara (Richard Serra)

Exposure In Black & White

after George Segal's Bus Riders & Richard Serra's Clara, Clara

Some time ago,
              You thought you were just waiting
To pass through
              On a certain street,
Parabolic trajectories
              The name of which
Nearly touching
              Still escapes you—

Would have been the best
              But, in reality, a clearing
Situation or circumstance
              Of the throat,
To bring us closer—
              Or at least a gesture
Until the doors open,
              Toward the ceiling

That is, of the vehicle
              Which carries a reason
Whose walls we imagine to exist...
              To curve toward one another.