what remains

I found a kiss in the rubble today

where the machines went by.

They didn't put a gift shop

or a parking lot there.

Another house, is all, a new one

in which you never lived,

and the sofa where you laughed

was taken somewhere else.

I found a kiss in the rubble.

It wasn't dusty and didn't feel

like it was novel, either.

A cyclist went by, so careless

he didn't notice how important it was,

and an old lady looked and wondered

but did not dare to ask.

I found a kiss in the rubble

and the day began anew.

It was as though the months swirled

and the clouds of August 

flew off to February, and 

they took all the tourists out 

to fill the gaps in the city

I found a kiss in the rubble.

I'm carrying it home with me

so you can come and take it back.