to this

there is just no
getting around the fact
that you are
not who they say you are

and so
we will
begin again

as if we have
never crossed
paths

we have never
crossed paths

some might say
we are concussed

or slightly giddy
from running
into each other

to this

so suddenly

we
will know

they
are not
who they say
they are

either

we will
begin
with marks we make

or

the hair
left on edges, even gathered
in discretely
collected drifts,

we will all
begin, come around
to this