the method
(here is the way it is done:)
Make sure, always, that your eyes don't meet.
Focus on something unimportant - the fire on your glass, the velvet weight of the darkness, the tightness in the air.
(in the hourglass the sand dribbles - time eating you up)
Reach for something - don't brush against skin.
Notice the silence.
Let your breath quicken.
When his words fall, let them be weighty; let them be very, very important.
A sharp turn and -
(in the hourglass the sand stops.
flip it over.)