Conviction

You write notes
as if I were
an employee.

At night,
alone,
I wish
for you to
ask me back.

Simply
so I can
say no.

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Published on Tuesday, November 9, 2010. Filed under: "Poetry"

Comments on "Conviction"

A former member wrote: "don't forget to pick up milk"..."the trash needs taken out"... "the dishes in the dishwasher are clean".... I don't know... but I got the impression of a love relegated to post-its... the decay into menial tasks.... nice slice, well wrought.
A former member wrote: Short but powerful, especially the end. Thank you.
A former member wrote: never quite sure how you manage to create a whole earth of dirt and dream with so succinct of words and poetics........i struggle to shutup. great and stinging thing here. ow.