HOW TO COME OUT AND SHINE ❋ Jeanette Beebe

We want the body to be
how we open the door.

Our magic. A red sign:
NO TRESSPASSING,

as if love could be had,
by an owner, or a core.

Our map marks where
we expect it to turn.

The ground is a tissue.
It absorbs. And light

is a thing we’ve made.
A wave — it passes

through. It’s what we
won’t look into.