Lower Case i and j

Man
with one leg,
no arms,
wears black suit,
white necktie.
Woman
in black dress,
white scarf,
no arms too.
On white
sheet
both attend
paper funeral;
tears ink.
But you
can put
a hyphen
between them:
look
they are holding hands.

Orlando White
“Lower Case i and j” first appeared in 26 Magazine, Issue C, 2004.