when emotion arises
his brow wrinkles
creating a dozen furrows
across his forehead
as waterworks
in a gravitational pull
fall to the left
onto the
eastern side
of his face
down his neck tendons,
half-way over his left clavicle
down into his heart

he’s so that there

his tears they flow

and they flow

and they flow

and they flow



~ pekaplan, 2025