\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been craning my neck so I can peer<\/p>\n
at a house hidden beside an alley<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
to reaffirming my own collections of time.<\/p>\n
Those two months loom far behind me<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
yet still not far enough to settle my eyes against<\/p>\n
that house on North Delaware. December and<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
January make a much better pairing than we did.<\/p>\n
My new building (not haunted by you)<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
rests at the bottom of icy river bluffs<\/p>\n
on the edge of miles and miles of trees.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
These late-winter evenings I creep onto<\/p>\n
the balcony, iron railing cradling my back<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
as I lean. I left the front door cracked,<\/p>\n
I make sure the windows are lifted from<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
their sills so I can continue inhaling burned nag champa.<\/p>\n
When the coyotes welcome the night by howling<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
at murky rolling clouds I will ask the forest why<\/p>\n
you did what you did. I can interpret whatever happens<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
next as my long-searched-for answer. I know it doesn\u2019t<\/p>\n
work this way. These are not poetic statements.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
As these embers of the past float through<\/p>\n
biting nocturnal breeze, I\u2019m reassured nature<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
doesn\u2019t blame its shortcomings on the Zodiac.<\/p>\n
It will never throw books, slam doors upon its parting.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was backed into your corner when I<\/p>\n
swung the escape-door wide.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
It shouldn’t have taken so long to exit your life;<\/p>\n
but, my god, you wouldn\u2019t let me leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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