all i know to do

by e.h. - Libra

the numbers won't 
wash off

you'd think by now
they would

through three showers
a sink full of dishes
and hours of
hair streaking

they've stayed on
there

scrawled on my hand
at a payphone
in plain black Bic

taunting me now
even as i type this

i know i should call
but i won't
and i refuse to 
transfer them
to something more
permanent like
paper or cell phone

hoping instead
that i will forget
the way her hair
fell across my breasts

and her sad 
little smile
our eyes meeting

in unspoken understanding
right before i left her

there.
Birth sign: Libra
Date created: 2005-10-16 22:54:23
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:54
Poem ID: 70990

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