Perfect Water

You                      
never laugh, just snort a puff of
                      air,

crinkle                      
your eyes, and look away from
                 me.

Like                      
water, you have reached perfection
                      by

Expelling                      
everything that is not
            you

And                       you are joined by ever more of                       you,
as                    the streams which feed and purify a                   lake.
Whenever                you cry, tears cluster on your                 cheeks
like                     almonds ripening beneath your                    eyelids.

And            I would pluck them, if they were not also            perfect.