I.
on the other end of a Face
Time call that bleeds through
space— digital, physical, unspoken
Run your calloused fingers over
the frets, frets, and don’t fret over
the muted moments, the lulls
in conversation or in signal or song
II.
on the other end of a Face
Time call that bleeds through
space— digital, physical, unspoken
Run your calloused fingers over
the frets, frets, and don’t fret over
the muted moments, the lulls
in conversation or in signal or song
omit figure
omit connectivity
omit anything discernible
insert immediacy
insert universality
insert heartache
III.
Run calloused fingers over
the frets, frets, and don’t fret over
in conversation or in signal or song
IV.
Run calloused fingers over
the frets, frets, and don’t fret over
in conversation or in signal or song
insert limited expanse
insert mother's voice
insert shrug
V.
A siren wails
on the other end of
space— unspoken
hearts beating
now
Run calloused fingers over
frets, frets, don’t fret over
muted lulls
it’s not clear
but that hardly matters
