Solve for x:
Where y is the difference
between the lilies for the trash
and the wine on the table.
here n equals doors answered,
raised to the power of summons
I should have broken
and strings now unplayed.
Where I have poured water
over every cinder
but left ashes in my bread.
Multiply this equation
by the number of times
David found me bathing
on a rooftop and the cups
of blood in a baby’s body.
Explain why for every element
You give, You must subtract
two others—why
our days are fixed,
our lives discrete,
and every sum Your fist.