my favorite writer

a book arrives
on the porch from my favorite writer.

Lorrie Moore.

she's golden.
I've been reading her work
since the mid
80's

she's brilliant and clever.
she makes me laugh, and brings
me

to the verge of tears. she's that good.

it's a hardback book.
I see her familiar face on the cover.

we have aged together through the years.
never
actually meeting in person,

but always in  the blissful quiet
of a reading chair.