Hiss

To name not two or more
But just the one, the one
Case, the one thing, the one

Crime that one day, the one
Time in one tongue, the one
Group, one beast, one mob, one

Date, one hour, one act, one.
That’s a lie. It’s got heft.
Feels more like truth, in fact,

To state, XY did this
Thing to YX, this date,
Here in this named, known place.

Feels true. Feels harsh. Feels right,
What we ought to get at.
It’s not that you can’t see

The woods for all the trees.
It’s that woods fade to black
Once one tree’s lit like that.