Going Nowhere

here I am
moving again
mostly packed
and ready to go
just waiting for tomorrow
load the truck
stack the boxes
drive
unload
unpack
sort
settle
wondering who'll notice
I left
wondering how long until
I think
I'm somewhere else
I won't be
really
still here
still here...

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distance

across the room
you stand
but her eyes you can
not meet

you say "hello,
life is fine"
and such lies
you smile up front
but the words are
not your own
you laugh, shake hands
cold
but the voices are far
and no one can hear
their bodies push against
yours but she
stands
in another room
alone
these places are never home
and their fingers reach
and pull but yours is not
any of theirs

on the street
you walk for-
ward in motion with the crowd
opposite directions
of the one who knows
the day will come
when the hand you hold
will warm your soul

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Personal Ad

these tears
are not the tears
         of a distant
 
                 woman,
 
but of one bent
       on becoming
UP CLOSE
      she laughs like
   a trickle
      not a
      dribble as she
      attempts to
      reconcile my fate
and the passion
        of her
          dreams.
don't take her so seriously
   I know
     what
         she is meaning
                to mean
     without asking
I only want
       your
attention.
 
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