It's been a while

Hello dear friend,

It’s been a while since

We talked endlessly about 

How no one was doing it right.

The coffee warms and steams

From soggy little paper cups

Firmly clasped in both our hands.

The entire cosmos is

Bubbling and melting

Between our fingers.

So much of the world used to

Unfolded itself in hours.

After all these years,

I can't wait to catch up with

How no one is doing it right.

The empty walls and cold spaces

Expand and collapse

With people

That come and go

Exchanging loud niceties 

As the day passes.

It’s been a while since

We filled our interrupted silences

With knowing glances

Because no one was doing it right.

The plastic bags rustle
As wrapped lunches

Perfected over the years 

Come out of the bags of 

Young people hustling each other.

Yeah, I am an adult now

And I hear you’re married,
Tell them I said hi.

When did it become 

Too late to talk about the fact

That no one is doing it right?

The last rays of the sun
Glimmers on the uncut grass

As flies hum their melancholy

In the sweet heavy summer evening.

Grey clouds drown the sun 

The most beautifully.

The phone clicks.

We've said our goodbyes 

So many times now.

Maybe some other time

We’ll get to the part

When no one was doing it right.

The view from #24
Gwyneth Leech
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