—LOVED YOU THEN AND I LOVE YOU NOW

 

Flowing to Storm

 

You’re not here 

but the birds are 

and the cat is 

and if you look close enough 

you can spot the beaver 

swimming from Flowing to Storm 

and also there are four deer 

picking apart the plants 

a squirrel scuttling up a pole

bees huddling over the blueberry buds

and not only that but 

there’s a man in his house 

over there

who misses you

like no one’s ever

missed a person before

and he and I are having 

a competition to see 

who feels it worse

that cut-through-the-gut worse

Winner gets a cheeseburger 

small fries and a shake

Loser has to

keep on crying 

for all time