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Alone Together
.
alone together
in this decision
to go it alone
after all these years
together
it’s not that different
from her stint
as a national consultant
where she traveled
from one coast
to the other
I reheated leftovers
and piled up
her mail
how hard can it be?
she’s been deployed
but not to a war
there’ll be visits
iPad FaceTime
she’ll be in one city
one time zone away
waking up this morning
alone
is much different
she’s gone
I can run through the house
screaming
and no one will hear me
she cleared out
her perfume
from the bathroom shelf
this will be great
I can have things
the way I prefer them
except for one
important detail
she’s gone
.
.
Thwap
.
.
make up some words
and make them up fast
make them come flying
right out of your past
flashes of brilliance
not even yours
visions and sounds
poetry for sure
get out of the way
and let the stuff roar
not easy to do
when it’s supposed to rhyme
.
.
Meeting
.
.
nice and easy
just a little at a time
knowing what’s next
blue ice in a glass
a discounting glance
an echoing laugh
hours that pass
with endless dismay
cross-eyed inspection
yet nothing to say
.
.
Night
.
.
wandering
farther and farther away
from
that place
of comfort and familiarity
suddenly
it dawns on me
and I realize
I’ve been out all night
.
.
.
Decade
.
.
for ten years
dark secrets
work tirelessly
hiding out
in plain view
to do whatever it is
we don’t want to know
up or down
we hear
but we don’t listen
always eager
to notice
the next new and shiny
that quietly demands
attention
away
.
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Relative Something 