nevermind why

‘Perhaps’ yesterday smelt like garlic
‘Perhaps’ we drove further into the woods,
‘Perhaps’ thirty three nights back, a spider died in sleep,
‘Perhaps’ an ant and an owl met, forgot and met again

‘Perhaps’ two thirds of me is actually orange peel,
‘Perhaps’ one fourth of you is actually yellow sandstone
‘Perhaps’ a camel winked at you,
‘Perhaps’ you winked back?

‘Perhaps’ we began when we should have ended
‘Perhaps’ all Sundays contain breadcrumbs in their folds,
‘Perhaps’ punctuation isn’t quite necessary after all
‘Perhaps’ a rainy afternoon is all we will ever have

‘Perhaps’ there is a hole in my pocket,
‘Perhaps’ there is mud on the door stopper
‘Perhaps’ tomorrow will arrive disinfected, in a plastic bag
‘Perhaps’ the sun hid its face below the bedspread

‘Perhaps’ you are a rodeo clown
‘Perhaps’ I am a trainer of parakeets,
‘Perhaps’ the circus has only just begun
Or ‘Perhaps’, just ‘Perhaps’, we have left the tickets at home.