periodically I seek
you out online
someone I don’t want
to know about
hope to find you-
tubes or real
estate listings
hope you’re not (un-
happy (un-
alive
just barely
there in google
search or face-
book frenzy (un-
alone with favorite
books, wings
tethered, lightly soiled
wearing emptiness
in black or sleeve-
lessly
years weathered
slowly without a face-
lift or spiritectomy
soul intact if not (un-
suffering
shoes worn but still
not quite (un-
comfortable
periodically I seek
to commute
the sentence
-done)
Published in Cider Press Review, Volume 20, Issue 2.
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