As I was sitting, legs lotus-folded (like human origami) Listening to your message Thinking how your wry wit always sends trickles of glory into my laugh
As I was listening, ears cold without the warmth Of your conversation to heat them I wished for your kind of company, like a museum in the rain
And I was thinking I don't know what this means
I was searching for evidence like a deaf man for music Or perhaps more like a dust mote looking for home
Perhaps more like a map Embossed vellum with names of Places etched meaningfully With red dotted trails leading Looping and folding back into themselves Except the X is absent
I was looking for meaning in the ideas we'd shared And here is the truth, I do not twinge with dolorousness I do not keep souvenirs of you
You will find no evidence of the time (chalk-dusted fingerprints on cold glass) Spent with me until you (hush and behold the mystery) reach to discover moments (hidden and higher than most) Stacked tall in my memory (tip the shelves in the library, it all tumbles down)