Archaeology

Artifacts are unreliable
find a crumbled paper
its exactly what it was
but i am not
be now where then
and don't fit.
the reactions are wrong
the shapes are ugly
a photo which borrowed love
doesn't return it
after
and all the digging
doesn't show
truth
just objects
which were then
as now
incidental
digging only finds
what dirt has settled over
scatters it
as though it weren't the only thing
true