Tuesday, March 20, 2018

that poem and A Second Gloss on Elizabeth Brewster

i was listening to
that podcast
and they threw back to
that show
that we listened to 
when we were driving 
back from 
that place 
one night. 

and it made me 
suddenly aware
of exactly how many things
can make me think of you. 

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I am writing now
To pass the time
While I am waiting for you to telephone.
- Elizabeth Brewster

earlier i was in the bath
and i thought of you. 
i didn't text you about it
so instead 
I am writing now

it's to early to sleep 
but I spent all my 
self care
on that bath.
what else will I do
To pass the time

putting the words down comforts me. 
i have always liked the deliberation
this word changed
that line switched
three times 
back
just to occupy the parts of me that obsess
so i can pace around something other than my living room
While I am waiting for you to telephone.