human

CURTAINS HALF SHUT
LET A LITTLE
DAYLIGHT SOFTLY
PICK OUT DUST MOTES
SPARSE CARPET
FALLING LASTLY
AND GENTLY
ON A CURLED-UP
FIGURE
COVERED IN AN
UNCOVERED DUVET
WHOSE NAKED HEAD
AND HANDS
RESTING ON A
MATTRESS TWITCH
DISTANTLY
PAUSING MID-BREATH
THIS FIGURE
BEGINS TO MOVE
UPRIGHT
STANDING SLIGHTLY
UNSTEADY
GAZING
BLEAKLY
WAKENING
WITH NOTHING TO
REMEMBER
NOTHING FAMILIAR
EVEN HER
UNCLOTHED BODY
IS HAZY IN THE
DUSTY MIRROR
WATCHING BLANKLY
THE FIRST EVER
HUMAN