i.

to the greater sadness
and to the lesser
for agreeing
to meet
at the mall
where as kids
you and I
became
separated-

I
having seen
a boy
I thought
was you
and you
a boy
who wasn’t

ii.

to the daughter
who writes
with  

when she can find it

an invisible
pen

    stories
for her mother
who moves
in and out
of sight

for her father
when he’s not

looking