#2,569 Shall we talk?
Shall we talk –
a given time
arranged to speak –
what’ll
be said is unsaid –
between
each pause –
another set at
arm’s length –
preludes of a
push away
[because illness
is not directly blamed] –
we
kissed as if we mattered –
a
brief fling by any measure –
I shall bring her name up &
delete all contact –
that is a
given now –
my gift
[again]
from another fearing lover