10 year radio

by joel - Taurus

10 year radio
 
 
 
after ten years he found her

she was moving
between the static
of a late night
a.m. radio
dialed to a dead
channel.

he sat up in bed
and called her name

laura!

he strained
himself towards
the white noise.

he thought she said:
i love you
or maybe it was:
why did you leave?
 
for awhile he knew she
was just sitting there
listening to him

waiting for him to
say something that
would make sense of the
last ten years

he could imagine her eyes
blinking in the slow rhythm
of the stoplights outside his window,
her breath following the soft
cadence of the freeway around
the corner.
 
he could see her clearly,
in a different room
on the other side of the city
 
staring into her radio
 
listening to his 
explanations


Birth sign: Taurus
Date created: 2002-08-08 19:35:43
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:33
Poem ID: 69811

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