Absence Makes

A variety of patterns and projections—

Trajectories,

And the like.

Out of Gravity by Lora Zombie

I made absence yours—

Collected the stats where you were relaxed;

Calculated my tears as transactions.

But my degree is in English

And dissecting your jeers,

Was intersemiotic, not jest.

Absence made mountains

Intergalactic controversies.

Burdening me

Insatiably