V.
This time,
an eternity
of inbetweens
me
and
you.
We don't talk
don't communicate
(I forget who you were,
who you are - a doll,
nothing else.)
You write no cards
send no letters.
I attempted to contact you,
but my mail was returned
red stamp block across white rectangle border
-as impersonal
and undividual
as a molecule H2
in the Pacific-
my singular letter, cascaded along
with herds
of millions,
billions,
just like it,
sent cross country and back
for you were sighted in Montana
(a state as non-existent as you are)
a limp doll
being carried by the dustwind
along the black stick tar
and dividing yellow tape
of I-90.
my camp friend, driving home from the movie
"Old Eagle Eye" we deemed him
20/20 vision
telescopic bifocals
and he hated the nameÖ
"Old Eagle Eye"
driving home from the movie
sharp eyed
spot eyed
picked the poet
spied the doll
that had
somewhat recently
evaporated
from
life.
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