if I could toss into the air
one crystalline line
ending the silence
of a moment ago
and if that line folded into itself
self perpetuated
then collapsed
then uncoiled into ribbons
if I could project into space
that line
and also beneath it another line
answering the first
this second line
buttressing the argument
refuting the argument
if I could toss into the air
something from nothing
if I could birth these lines
into the empty air
if I could bring forth
into the empty air
these complicated and impossible
somethings from nothing
if I could do that
I would not be able to keep myself
from crying out
