2River

Of People I Want To Need Me

division 1

I Do Not Expect To Be One Much Longer

It's Not Longer Than a Life.

Wear.

please, continue.

The Visitor's Eye.

Were You Listening.

Yes.

Regretting The Night.

Surviving.

Breakfast.

Place mats made of brown
leatherette, the crinkly kind,
you can peer into the cracks.
They match the seats
that swivel, with wheels.
Can't hold still
when you cut with a fork.

I wanted to use my knife
to spread the butter on thick
but I could see the hard yellow
of yesterday's eggs
crusted on the edge
like the toast was meant to be
and the microwaved coffee
was cold.

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division 2

You Can Peer Into The Cracks

Breakfast.

Things Happen.

Blind.

Dating.

A Borrowed Bed.

A Love Poem.

I Remember.

Through My Mother's Eyes.