A Most Capable Brain

she skews like her sister
two live-wire curlicues
those lapis eyes
always testing the deep
they share
a most capable brain
a globe that is turning
casting shapes on the wall
a Bering land bridge between them
an archipelago near the floor
the fleeting hem of a skirt
tonight the bathtub's a moat of petals and candles
the world is flying across the room
in pink rubber
hey girls throw to me
like you can throw time
fate is a tangled metal
look up how it's twisting
two daughters in a swing
they're my honeychain
life's a fine powder drifting
a door you left open
and someone skipping out back