Absolute by Valerie Dick

Absolute

by Valerie Dick

pluck out the 'lute' and the 'so.'

You are left with 'ab.'

Even absolute is made of parts -- letters --

contained in things far from absolute,

words.

Words like time, space, and eternity,

or love.

What is absolute?

If I see the 'lute' of absolute and you see only 'ab.'

are we seeing a different thing, or are we

both looking through a glass darkly

at the same

WORD.