At night sometimes
I go to the pond
which is a perfect circle
and as soon as I arrive
the gazelle is there too
standing directly
across the water
and as soon as I take
a step towards it
it takes a step away
and when I run
it echoes my run
and when I stop
it also stops
such that
the two of us never
get any closer
or further from
each other we
are just balanced
there two shapes
in starlight so
I don’t run anymore
when I visit the pond
I just sit down
in the crisp grass
and if I wait
like that
for a while then
the gazelle messes
up its long legs and
sits down too
which is a fine
feeling being
at ease together never
having known each
other’s fur
