From Mary Jane weaving (first published in Spire Fall 2004) (ii) all of this is true you killed her or maybe you didn't __________________________________a college professor set it __________________________________as an exam __________________________________you would surely pass __________________________________all the formulas add up __________________________________to the websling snap of her neck ____________what do I know? but the way you tell it that night on the Brooklyn Bridge _______(or was it the George Washington _______ it changes with each telling) how must that have felt humanity humming beneath you and a choice ______a choice and a split second ____________there's no archetype for that ____________it's just you on a bridge ____________and her falling ____________and my telling over ________________________and over. maybe it's okay - maybe you are blameless ______if truth is in the intention ______and not the action ______or even the end result you meant to save her maybe that's enough