Halves and Half-nots
Two halves meet
and
want to become a whole,
not realizing each is already
a whole
half, and not simply half a whole.
The whole matter is resolved
when one of the soon-to-be whole’s
halves
decides to be a whole apart
and not play the part-of-a-whole part–
but, instead of becoming a whole
in need of no other part by refusing
to be an equal part of a whole,
turns out to be
a real
half-whole.