how long

when the last piece of furniture has been traded in

still

friends, at least

sundered

no one understood it, the attraction or the devastation

I

What I'm trying to say is so

we forget all the time and hold hands and kiss good-bye

lingering inappropriately

forget it

just forget it, forget I even brought it up

she asked him out

because he had read

The Tao of Physics

he never

talked philosophy

again

until

Do you know how many paintings? Sixteen! yes, sixteen!

I remember when I could watch dust mote swirl around him enchanted

while he did dishes, the golden gate light slanting and bouncing

of the white tile floor, pooling around his bare feet

oh

he drove two hours to arrive at five am to find a pool of blood

how did he know

I still wonder

she was dating two people

him, and the other him

for a long time

she moved in with the other him, then out

two months in with him

three years

movies or plays, it doesn't seem to matter, and when we go out, I choose

he says nothing interesting has happened in his life and I do all the talking

and if I tell him to pay, he pays

you'd never know he broke up with

I told you I didn't want to talk about it

this is a fact

when they broke up

she tried to break her hands

slamming them against the walls

the bureau

but she didn't know how to hit things

well, his cousin just chain smoked and had an opinion

on every thing and everyone had a right to his opinion

break, broke, broken

it comes down to the fact that he only cares about one thing and doesn't want

to argue about it and all I do is argue

it is true that I probably wouldn't survive being in love again

I can't break things but I can cut things

math is required

when she hugs

her friend mike

he is the same

size and shape so

there is nothing like the ochres, burnt sienna

phalo, crimson, and cadmiums that were used

a whole new genre, a whole new movement

no, maybe not

he has the same car now as he did before

(he sold it when we moved to San Francisco together)

only blue