what it was is all that it is/become becomes became
like catching eyes and ripples on rivers
brief is the encounter/eternal is the effect
beauty will brand your brain and forge the fork
create a contrast/give you a gauge/make one measure
will the river remember the ripple before it retreats?
did she forget my face as fast as i recall hers?
neither needs an answer/i shouldn’t have even asked

it was a glimpse
a sniff
a sliver

and now i’m
staring
snorting
and hoarding

what it was is all that it is/become becomes became