Family
An accident. A test. A set of holograms that continuously invent each other. A tiny explosion. A constellation of several unfixed points, blinking, burning out. In certain manifestations, a mountain range, as in, Look at how these peaks and slopes delineate the sky.
Knife
A cold friend, a kind of constant, an exceptional piece of cunning. An eyelash known to singe skin, it is an edge that gives so selflessly.