Communal Sight #2: Scherenschnitte

I have silver scissors

delicate as wire

sharp as ice

I cut careful circles and perfect squares

neat

geometric

separated

I cut out all the words you ever spoke

I cut out all the portraits of your face

I cut out all the moving scenes of action

            all the tears

            all the drama

            all the scripts

When they are all cut out

I will drop them into the deepest deep

and watch them float away like birds

  Then I will smile and smile at you

  and never say a word.

Note: Scherenschnitte is the German term for the art of paper cutting