Sunday, October 14, 2007

i seek you in a tattered telephone book

you stare at me 
as a ten-digit number
from the well-thumbed
confines 
of a faded telephone diary.
it's been years, i muse
peering intently
at your name for several
long seconds in discomfort.
memories of you zip through
my care-worn fingers
in many telephone conversations, 
in shared cups of tea
spent at a dilapidated canteen,
and long walks to nowhere
to no purpose,
except professions of love
and sacred vows.
you are just a name now,
not even a sharp intake of breath.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

very nice :)

teeeeeeee