Mid August:
we walk the empty neighborhood streets
against the cold, sharp wind -
none of us wants to get home.
I listen heedfully, he talks routine -
a frequent camouflage for his displeasure.
I should probably have written it down.
He would have liked it better,
to read an account of my anger and dismay
so he did not have to deal with my eyes.
It is a night of firsts:
First time I speak out -
I have a list, still manage to get lost.
First time he hugs me
like one is supposed to
hug a girl.
He lowers the guard
for the first time
and lets slip he fears I go away.
this conjures up some deep memories for me that I supposed had been forgot, a walk in the San Diego Gaslamp district with a woman who long ago left. your pens inevitably pierce me to the quick, Kenia ~
ReplyDeleteMy experience of your writing is much like Grapeling's - you put us into the scenario, that girl is me in another time and place.
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