The Ground Beneath

Not surprising the way
she points to what a word
refers to

semantic structuralism 
revealed the way slightly
warmer weather 

uncovers toes she knows 
gives expression as in 
a conductor’s baton

flexing the muscle
ambulatory story time 
the trees listen to

vowel exclamation 
the entire windowless
world an echo 

somehow manifest
this wordless smile
the hand taking 

a photo caught 
reflected in iris
you knew this

of course