I am born is passive,
I am dying’s active.
Speaking from inside of speaking, these two,
being deeply
incommensurate, may tell us more
of telling (fore- and re-)
than ever of a life, and life’s
two ends. But still
one harbors a suspicion (sneaking)
language has a longer memory
than anyone, so anyone had better
reconceive the all-
essential pair: to die’s ally
becomes to bear. And as
for being born (inside unwilled)
its analog’s not
dying (“I came out”):
it’s being killed.