Only small things, a moment,
a book title, the minutes
it costs to think of you.
The ends of conversation,
served, a chip of being.
The loosed love,
hovers.
A savory
is refused.
The empty glass
a refill.
Tomorrow is left
out of me.
It lies like the last
syllable
of my shriveled
lexicon.
I am unraveled and
like thought itself
I go
away
from even the
thought
of you.
Caroline Shank
7.19.2024