Steganography

physical impedimenta
walmart chinacrap
she speaks through objects
memory the meaning
sharedness the message
you watch the transaction
with eyes that see not

obscurity is overrated
a hiding place where nothing can be hidden
lynx eyes learn
to parse the syntax of nonsense
what is known for message
will be decoded eventually

twos and threes of meaning
slipped between the ones and zeroes
of our everydays
the image remains unaltered
and yet transformed

melody collapses
under weight of ornament
jazzmen riff on changes
smothered beneath substitutions
but we find our way in the music
effortlessly
because we know the tune

not only Hades knows
the use of pomegranates
not only spies
the need of hiding

and you may think
you begin to understand me
but you will be wrong