Squids, Like Sunshine

You knew I was angry As we walked apart, along Spadina Through the pungent summer air of Chinatown Past the various sea creatures, dried or iced And fruits I don’t know piled atop sacks of rice I closed my eyes and let only the breeze run over me A million particles per second Imagining I could imagine every one I let in the sunlight And wondered in that amazement you only get By thinking about everyday things As the heat danced on my skin And I thought about how it had been Through eight minutes and twenty seconds of space To land radiant on my face I let things go and walked with you again I felt stand-offish as you took my hand But was in awe it was there at all Or that you love me