Wesle Dymoke

the insignificant other

i am going out with a mailbox
on an unfashionable-looking street a hundred miles away
i send cards and letters and the occasional gift
and never get anything back

i am having a relationship over the phone
with the insignificant other
of my significant other
who never writes
or calls
or even answers the phone

the insignificant other says
she can't come to the phone right now
promises to pass my messages along
says to call back later
when the machine will be on
when the phone will be busy - busy - busy - busy..

i am going out whith an answering machine
whose dull and predictable monotomy
i know better than my own
who promises to pass on my messages
promises to return my calls
but somehow never does

i am seeing an intermittant memory
of the moment i met you
and wonder what you look like now

and i am seeing red

i am going out with the ghost of a memory
of an intermittant image
of how i feel
when i look into your eyes
and wonder when
or if
i will see them again and i
am going out
of my mind



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