I Met You

“I met you,” the stranger said.
I knew he hadn’t, but why?
Still there he stood, silence bred.
“I met you,” the stranger said.
Furtive moment, eyes ahead,
outstretched hands with what words nigh?
“I met you,” the stranger said.
Mathieu from Quebec, no lie.

Disavowal: To Whom it May Concern

In the adventures of who
on the back streets of now
lies an other you know
a reverse sacred cow.

Strange looking thing,
too twisted to tell
whose reflections it hides
in that mirror from hell.
                           
God knows why it chose here
to get under my skin.
Now some other saint
can take this shrill in.

I never signed on
to bear this great weight.
Dislodge the anchor.
Let's set this ship straight.

With a kingdom to build,
my best years ahead,
can’t give up my dreams,
to love you instead.

Legitimation Crisis

Perhaps the abject other
deserves to be feared
and loathed.

After all,
if it weren't so damn strange,
we would have embraced it
as one of our own.

To Whom it May Concern

In the adventures of who
on the back streets of now,
lies an other you know,
a reverse sacred cow.

Strange looking thing,
too twisted to tell
what dangers it hides
in that mirror from hell.

The Same as an Other

When who others an other,
who remains the same?

An-other Minimalist

When who others whom,
who benefits.

Othering

What makes the other "other"?
Is it the definite article?