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has a giant hand diagrammed in front of her place4 V9 \; y: f x1 G1 i
on West Tennessee.
5 H! k4 N/ W- ?" B3 X- `" C' e$ X$ X It towers above a kudzu hill as if6 Z* c7 g$ ?/ ^: s" t; P
to offer a cosmic How!
) t5 Q& j5 v" h# D$ O; M as in Hello! from a long; n* y( i: g: D6 X
way off, as in how
: `( B* v' F% B: U( y- c+ A8 i she already knows
6 X6 ]' z- m8 f3 b* C the sundry screwed up ways a day* [; a3 n; h0 d, C }1 ]( N
can go days before2 n! g2 r6 B$ N' g0 e% c
I park my wreck on the hill again beside2 c# u9 [ B4 I4 y% [/ U7 W
her white Mercedes.$ L5 R* `$ R$ a# k
O little slice of Lebanon!
7 S4 s. ?! y+ {8 q% N) V4 H O cedar scented; n7 N; A0 L% N# G7 F
cards fanned like feathers @" S* F4 V& R
of a Byzantine peacock!
# W% y% a0 ~7 h# Y+ |: g Tell me again how I might have been a fine lawyer,
# i$ F. x0 ^* f8 D that I'll raise four kids in Tallahassee,& b1 |2 X6 W, y9 U/ l3 o
how I married-it's true-on my lunch break-Yez2 U( S5 m$ F0 D3 P& q7 r
she took you to lunch okay a zeven year lunch ha ha!
; H4 T4 K, S% O6 S3 ?; U2 o2 Y Incense. Mini-shrine.( ]+ P! c% i9 u
A wagon train of chihuahuas snoozing by her slippers.8 t8 L5 p; A1 A
You have anxious about a furniture… I do. W7 s& d" U% O
But lately I've grown cold,& y7 Y7 B% L9 @0 _0 c( Q$ N7 o
unconsoled by her extrasensory view.
. X* `7 Z, C" w, {: z! |9 E I think no need to speak-across& V+ o. H. U4 u
the black tabletop, I don't want to know& v1 M6 g9 i8 h( p( c- ^' W
if I'll find a bright city,/ {, j+ Z) N0 M# A+ l
a room by the river,a love: t7 D: u3 E6 l8 k
I will recognize& u! D- v/ d- O( Q! m
by her dragonfly" c& X' ], A# x# P( y( d
tattoo. O narrative of ether!2 a+ t' f$ K/ H. K
O non-refundable
9 H2 T {. Z3 _$ \) Q3 X life facts! say that what happens may not matter,
m) @. m5 n5 N- m1 T or that it matters as any
; D7 F6 Q3 g' ` story does when two fresh lovers/ `8 [, |* W6 d. ]& [
embrace the old pact
" x( x" D- h6 e2 m9 @ (her bra on the chair,/ K/ c* @5 r8 k: H
his socks in the kitchen) that says5 Y e h1 u: |$ f. K: r. Y5 i
their love is level,
. u- t. P; H3 z; S+ v8 F unfabled, new. Level with me,
7 w9 g6 _* a+ m/ {. x% F& H tell me why the dogs on the floor,6 V8 x- H+ e0 R' e
little moon fed hounds of Delphi, seem so over it," a6 g% g: m( }% Z9 v
so done with the fleas of destiny./ k3 `* z" s. h5 P
Maybe that's the right attitude,$ V; E" v9 o- l7 \: W3 c6 M5 P
no need to ask why I'm here on a perfectly blue Friday,
( G- J1 I9 Q' z content with what the thin air,
4 |$ f j1 f' H: Y$ z% b what the dust motes in the light say near the high window.& }' n X9 E! b& P$ i7 \$ [1 G# {0 h. I
I should've learned that music long ago
5 g6 j8 f% C" [- x0 W5 t1 h O soundless number!- k) x1 I! ^) F4 ]. b& @' o/ C# g
O jukebox of being that the dogs dream to!
% A* q% \0 v3 I5 ~, n6 T7 W' A6 Z No faux crystal ball,/ O. N9 N4 m$ g; E& s
no tea leaves or terrace in the nether
8 s0 ]5 Z1 M% d2 H reaches of my palm
) y6 {9 a6 h' `8 s& t2 o will make her answers% Q6 S. J- h( {. i4 E. B5 E
less like hocus pocus in a purchased dark.2 j3 `, ~; _: h. m) W
It's time to pay, to drive away
" H) C9 w3 R/ P6 H* | from telepathic altitudes, to say adieu
0 C8 W. s& _$ p to why love ends. How0 G Y4 C/ ~8 Q c8 \
How a heart opens again.
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