I made a mess over there

I feel better over here

don’t want to go near it

don’t want to think about it

 

the mind demands 

something else to compare 

to suggest 

we’re getting somewhere

 

if we had to go back 

and confront it

there might be 

some kind of damage

 

we move to a third place 

for context

now given 

the proper distance

 

we can write about it 

containing it as a thought experiment

but not in 

practical terms