While

while you were talking
a murdered harp
returned from the dead

while you were breathing
a smell of someone's unbrushed teeth
fell from a window like a sparrow

while your hand was moving
the flowers spread their stems
into gorgeous folds of meat

while your knee was straightening
a clockwork army of kittens
nestled the circuits of bitches

while you were smiling
a single blue rose sprouted
from the tip of an armadillo's claw

while your chest was rising
the pallid double chin
of an oaken businessman
flattened into a field of wheat