don't think

that just because we spoke

(for the first time

in months)

that this is okay. that

i'll just let you

back. let you slide

through the grid

& transmute

what you

had to say. it doesn't

work that way. you don't

just talk for

ten minutes & then

everything is back.

i don't believe

what you say so

stop

running your

finger along my

tattered &

chiseled ear.

you're not making

anything better because

you are not here

with me. give it

time.

let this silk unfold.

you are thin

lipped &

whimsical.

i miss you

in my life

but you

have been gone so

long. you forgot to

tell me

to let

loose &

die. you never

called. you never

ever

called.

"we don't care do

we dearie we should

worry about the rain"

[raise the shade] by e.e. cummings

"kiss, kill, nothing in between

i can't sit still & get cancelled"

"sweet talk" by dear and the headlights

[photo courtesy of triptych photographix]