i-j

Skeletons shaped
like two
letters.
She holds a comma.
He holds a black dot.
Each do not know
the other
until they are
laid next to
one another.
Underneath
the paper
both have faces.
If you look
under
the page,
you will see
two lovers
shaped
like i and j
kissing with a hyphen.

Orlando White
“i-j” first appeared in To Topos Poetry International, Fall 2006.