I said okay okay and then it was altogether right to say all right, I said. Though on the other hand, I said. Just that you understand how this is, I said at least twice.

And considering, taking fully into account the matter of could be, soon a might have been, it seems at least partly wise to upend or refigure. Oh second thought! Last minute to relish!

Sound of heating duct, printer not printing, my own temporal artery in the nothing they said.

Right. Or it was what else I blurted at the table. Something like: I imagine it’s possible though we may need

more time, what with and as it happens,

whoever and beyond that aren’t there other means to other ways to pledge ourselves one starry planet in the cloud bank?

Well, sure, I guess I said then

over the quietest perfect falling into place or pieces.