Jean Louis Forain’s “Two Figures on a Road” (1919). Courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art.
One may speak, one may not speak.
One may speak, one may bespeak.
What if we are two if we are one.
One may see, one may not see.
One may see, one may unsee.
What if we are one if we are two.
One may hold, one may behold.
One may hold, one may be held.
What if we are two if we are one.
One may be, one may not be.
One may be, one may become.
What if we are one if we are two.
May one pass. May one not pass.
One may pass, one may trespass.
What if we are two if we are one.
One may pair, one may despair.
One may pair, one may repair.
What if we are one if we are two.
One may speak, one may bespeak.
One may speak, one may not speak.
What if we are two if we are one.
What if we are one if we are two.