One Fine
Day
Dear Yulia
Leibowitz
Would you
take a ride with me
On 55-South?
You pick the
exit
Anywheresville
We’ll find a
diner or truck stop
We’ll take
out our two dollar notebooks
Write in
silence
(DOWN WITH
THE
BLOGOSPHERE!)
Then eat a
cup cake or drink cold coffee
Read aloud
to each other every word without stopping
Recall something
stunning from 5th grade
Revel in
grandparents who lived into their nineties
Recite favorite
lines by Marina Tsvetaeva
Restore our
faith in humanity for one day
I can see
you already
Squinching
up your face in puzzlement
But why
wouldn’t I want to spend two hours
Of my short
life on earth
Doing this
with you
Ms. Incendiary Serenity?
-- from work-in-progress, When Shimmelstoy Met Yulia
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