Pinocchio

Strand. String.

In this dream,

the paths cross

and cross again.

They are spelling

a real boy

out of repetition.

 

Each one

is the one

real boy.

Each knows

he must be

wrong

about this, but

he can’t feel

how.

 

The fish

and the fisherman,

the pilot,

the princess,

the fireman and

the ones on fire.