suspicion

when

she used to search

my pockets,

my coats,

my desk drawers for

clues,

for money?

for what i was never

quite

sure of,

i'd leave her notes

to find.

not here,

i'd say,

or here either,

keep looking, then

i'd draw

a smiley face and tell

her, keep

searching, sweetheart,

maybe next

time.