The Sign

It happened twice 　　　　　　because of the sign

in front of the rose garden 　　there it was there it is

started with a couple of sentences  

even if they weren’t remembered

written in the language 　　you have heard before

or have you

when you wiggled          they giggled

and followed the traces of a deer

the grasshopper                       wither on the vine

beneath your fingertips            there always is a wormhole

between the world and me       between the word and me

they reconcile

the apprentice had completed the forest      with its own reflection

when you winked          it linked

and followed the traces of a deer