we are kind of
almost exactly
the same
has it been 10 years or more since we last met?
before that
my dirty blonde, then dark, then reddish locks
the sharing of I met someone and you listening and advice
and what did I really tell you about myself?
poems, dirty martinis, Halloween together once
i was a flapper and you were dressed in your Eduardian suit, bowtie, hat
for twenty minutes you tell me about your business and california
and I remember subway rides and our old jobs, more than 10 years ago
you look at your phone and respond to texts and
i briefly talk about my poetry book and quitting my jobs
his voice sounds the same but different
my voice sounds the same but different
we will have more time when I’m back in NY next time, he says
what have I really told him about myself?
There is no contact to get coffee again