Sunday, November 07, 2004

Inventory of You

3 coat hangers,
a can of deodorant,
several rolls of wrapping paper,
plastic bags.
This is what is left of you.

Not your scent, not a scribble by the telephone.
Impersonal, solid, hard objects.
I want to pull back the covers on the bed and find you hiding there.
I want to find a note under the pillow, “good bye, I love you,” it would say.