December 10, 2002

  • waiting for the other shoe to drop

    getting undressed for bed, i glanced over and saw you. frozen like the picture, i stopped midmotion. and i stared, lost in the past, lost in if's and maybe's and might have been's. after a moment, the present came crashing in. my shoe hit the floor and i wept. for all we've lost. for every day that will never be the same. looking down, i studied my feet. one shoe on, one on the floor. it struck me as a work of fiction, and i smiled.

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