Chatting over espresso
He admitted that
He was from
The middle of
Nowhere but I
Asked isn’t even
The middle of
Nowhere somewhere why
He asked because
I said after
Kissing him you’re
Definitely not anyone
From anywhere or
No one from
Nowhere you’re someone
From somewhere and
That somewhere and
Someone is the
One that’s right
Here with me
There are many
Things that I
Remember about you
The most poignant
Are by far
The least important
Things as silly
And as simple
As the way
In which I
Lit your cigarette
To forget that
I quit smoking
All together rather
Than remembering it
Sitting alone and
Listening to music
When one of
Our songs plays
And from deep
In my stomach
The sobs bubble
To the surface
Because I know
You don’t remember
These our songs
Because I fear
By now you
Barely remember me
I spoke to
God again this
Time crying He
Whispered to me
Son the absence
Of love is
Pain and the
Absence of pain
Is love it’s
Impossible to know
One without the
Other that is
Why I made
It that way
To remind you
Cherish everything always
Yes even pain
For from it
Springs the other
This sky is
One large lounging
Gray tabby sitting
On the Appalachian
Mountains windowsill absorbing
All the sun
Preventing any of
It to warm
Any of us
Shoo cat shoo
Bring us that
Cold winter sunshine
Days are shorter
Like furloughs during
The war time
