Box 8 (still life)

silent diners at the café counter   a thing complete   a structure (because it changes)

of feeling       “broken togetherness,” someone said       the silence (a formal limit)

leaks (as electrons) across     material boundaries      the diners (voiceless) leaving

spaces     the air a structure, broken    the café counter: a formal limit    the diners

counting change   (material boundaries)   the silence (because it changes) complete