Tuesday, January 19, 2021

why don't they call me?

she asks me
why do men say
they'll call
and then they don't?
why ask for my number
if they aren't ever going
to use it?
i put my hand into my pocket
and feel the small bundle
of papers holding
a slew of numbers.
i shrug and look at her,
and say, i don't know.

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