3. kiss as aim: objective to action

and her  moving ---
lips --- part ---our tongues
dart out ---
the willful --- we ---

the moment ---
the patient ---

arrows --- flew ---
in time's exact
measure --- head against head

4. the operation, & following directions from a catalog of tests on the human limits

the jaw and all
unhinging
surfaces split,
the torso opened
when
someone inside
was placed—a stomach
of memory, an organ
of restraint.

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