They are quite invisible The citizens of Missingville They are here one second and gone the other
On the one hand they make you smile On the other shed a tear You may never see them But always they are present And when they disappear altogether More acute their absence
You may not get a chance To say good bye If you saw them somewhere you mayn’t be able to recognize but for the little while you feel them you share some intimacies together
And wherever they go off to I wish their life gets better and better!
Recently, Paul Gurrieri wrote a poem called "Word People in Word Houses" where he spoke of how HP is like a place with neighborhoods and how much you connect with other poets makes you place them in your mental map-either close b or far away. When someone leaves HP he says, a "hole" is created in that map. My first "hole" was created today. i suddenly realized that Ammukutty isn't around anymore! She was on HP for a very short while, but she was already in my nearby neighborhood. I will miss her! And I do hope that she decides to come back!