Sunday, May 18, 2014

intimacy

once again between evening and nightfall
i return home to a crowd.
i wish there was more room,
it gets claustrophobic sometimes.
but every day i get to choose my confidante.
and nobody minds.
over swirls of smoke
i tell them about my day.
they have faith in my stories.
they never question.
sometimes i anticipate their thoughts
and set their mind to rest.
its always a quiet
intimate gathering.
they aren't friends really.
it is difficult to give them a name.
i know you came the other day. 
and all you saw was furniture.two chairs.a desk.
and books.mauve walls. 
curtains hiding windows with broken louvers.
and yet.
i had a more meaningful conversation with the chair yesterday
than i have had with you
in months.

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