Certain things are elliptical
they are defined by their path, the way they move toward something
and then move away
you might say it is a cycle, this movement
if it is an object
or a habit, if it is a person
I have no idea why people repeat themselves
but I know this is true
just from watching them- both family and strangers
I watch how people move around in public
the things they do, the words they use
even though I have no idea why they act the way they do
if they asked me about myself,
why I behave the way I do
I couldn't even make something up