An Empty House Is a Debt

1 There is a house in me. It is empty. I empty it. Negative space: the only native emptiness there is. There is 2 An alarm goes off. It goes on and on. When the alarm drifts to different parts of the room, I realize, that alarm is the sun. 3 And there is no one who does not need, never an empty seat. And the blind one, he does not find a place. There is a god in him helping him to need himself. 4 A mother sticks a spoon into my chest, which is an empty bowl, actually, so the spoon lands quickly and loudly. Heartbreak in the heart! she says. When you love someone more than you’ve ever known you could, it is a good thing, except for the terrifying realization that one day there comes a parting.