Mary Jo Salter
IMPLICITLY
"Isn't it funny," said Hilary,
if you take away
the first and last letters
of 'simplicity,'
you get 'implicit'?"
I was astonished--
she'd knocked me flat.
Why had I never
thought of that?
"Funny, yes,"
I said, "how 'implicit'
implies something's folded in.
One thought's been folded
into another."
"Of course," she said simply.
I'd been acting like a mother.
Pretending I knew
when I didn't know.
I'd folded my arms
and raised one brow.
I was saying it in a voice that was flat,
as if I'd always
looked down from on high,
had always already thought of that.
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