Complex conjugates

House and Garden
can’t stop thinking

about duck egg blue—
it’s an elegant shade

that works
in almost any room.

I can’t stop thinking
about that almost—

the imaginary part,
with the opposite sign.

I live in a house of almost
that is not mine.

A real world example.
An oscillating spring.

I have a yard of almost
but for the lawnmower

company and I line almost
all my ducks in a row.

Their eggs, too.
All hours. All blue.