No Other Matters

Were one to say anything

Was ever truly alone,

As in singular, all one,

One whole, indivisible,

It might then be best to go

With Dillard’s phrase for matter,

Matter is smooth and alone,

By which she seemed to imply

The whole material world,

Other than herself, other

Than people maybe, maybe

Other than the living world,

The whole world of mere being,

Matter, is but one, alone.