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.