The Entity, Ch. 2

It was very simple what kept us together all those years

said the Entity to the Other.

It did not need to be debased with a name.

The Other filled the Entity completely--

over and over and over

so that there was no Entity and no Other

just a complete overlap of body and soul.

And when the Entity moved inside the Other

their screams reified transcendence.

In the aftermath, much later,

mad Ahab searches for his leg,

and the lovers,

who previously found intimacy in wide open spaces

seek solace in a crowded house.