Not all
of what
you would see
is what
you would show
and that
(the effect,
the trial)
grinds against
your own words
and what plays
between them.
Filled with courage
and the grace
to stop
in the very
center of the busy
courtyard, to point
out this other
window, the light
glazing it
to neutral,
and within
the dark interior
a ruthlessness,
smiling in
gentle victory.