Friday, October 19, 2018

Visiting Home



There's a payphone ten feet away

I pat my pockets - no change,

twisting and turning my palm

beneath these florescent lights

it's been years since I've had

your number in cobalt Sharpie -


I've had it memorized for a while now.

Even when you left the digits burned

like as long as I knew your name

your ghost would be a permanent

resident within my broken heart.


So much of my strength is going to

fighting myself - doing everything

I can not to call you and tell you

I'm coming back for a few days.

Even if you wouldn't give a damn


I'd sure like for you to know

just how close I'll be and

just how pathetic I feel for

waging war against a payphone.


A god damned payphone and nothing more. . .
    

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