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Marie-Rose Sheinerman
Hunter College High School
Faculty Sponsor: Kimberly Airoldi
Defining Infinity
(there are two holes in my wall
I traced pencil around them, loops, a trance
small drill pins left from construction
stayed the same size
since I was three
in other words, forever)
infinity --
has four syllables
we majestically unraveled the swan song of galaxies
only to fold it twice like a cheap restaurant napkin
infinity --
has two Ns, three Is and I
was color blind to the golden glint of your calf
the light blurred like early march ice beneath a figure eight
infinity --
the amount of time I swore to myself to love you
but I’ve stopped
seeing in your eyes whispers of the summer sea
infinity –
rhymes with divinity
my love felt Cathedral; psalms slipped from my lips,
I read the bathroom mirror like a teleprompter
infinity –
and eternity, two words cuddled beneath my tongue
the y shrunk to fit into the space
and strings of numbers flossed my teeth
infinity –
red marks on my palm from sinking my nails into it
got lilac nails because you said spring smells like lavender
you, lie like nails against chalk, me, wall drilling, not small anymore
infinity –
the space between Adam and God on the Sistine Chapel growing growing growing
(in other words
it’s what you could have had
but never will)
