He sits down at his computer
and opens a folder
and discovers a folder
he’d forgotten about
and opens it
and discovers another folder
he doesn’t recognize
and opens it
and now a folder
a sort of backup
he remembers creating
years ago
and opens it
and discovers a folder
so deep inside the computer,
he turns around
seeing himself
through the wrong end
of a telescope
and at last comes to a folder
The Very First Folder
and hesitates
his finger slipping
just enough
that all of the folders collapse
—so close
so close