use

tenuous at the wick
you still left a pool
molten wax and
unanswered want ads
personals circled rather roughly

you loved me
for my words

my significance
idealized in a flash-card
practice of sorts
reminder that there
are “these” out there

with brighter whites
and bolder colors

silk will wear well
in these years, yes
clutch this memory
reverberant sounding board
of hard tack

a good novel
no illustrations, please

so yes, I am proud of you
your pennants dancing
brightly in crisp gales
the wake of your forgetting
will curiously instill some in me

tawmnation