I am sitting in the parking lot.
I am sitting in the parking lot
and I want to see you.
I am sitting in the parking lot
and I want to see you
and I want you to text me back
after I text you.
I am sitting in the parking lot
and I want to see you
and I want you to text me back
after I text you
and I don’t even
know your name.
I am sitting in the parking lot
and I want to see you
and I want you to text me back
after I text you
and I don’t even know your name
but I know how fast
I suddenly feel the heat that a poet
might call apprehension.
I am sitting in the parking lot
and I want to see you
and I want you to text me back
after I text you
and I don’t even know your name
but I know how fast
I suddenly feel what a poet
might call trepidation.
and I think it’s interesting
that I feel it now
even though you do not exist.
I am sitting in the parking lot
and I want to see you
and I want you to text me back
after I text you
and I don’t even know your name
but I know how fast
I suddenly feel what a poet
might call habituation.
and I think it’s interesting
that I feel it now,
even though you do not exist;
and still, I love you.
I am sitting in the parking lot
and I want to see you
and I want you to text me back
after I text you
and I don’t even know your name
but I know how fast
I suddenly think of what poets
might call disappointment
and I think it’s interesting
that I don’t feel it now,
even though you do not
return my calls.
I am sitting in the parking lot
and I want to see you
and I want you to text me back
after I text you
and I don’t even know your name
but I know how fast
I suddenly feel what a poet
might call anticipation
and I think it’s interesting
that I am beginning
to feel it a little less.
I am seeing in the parking lot
and I want to know you
and I want you to love me back
after I know you
and I don’t even text your fast
but I text how feel
name what poet might call ekphrasis
but I know better.
I am sitting in the parking lot
and I want to see you
and I want you to text me back
after I text you
and I am not ready to drive home
or know where to go.
I am sitting in the parking lot
and I want to see you
but I don’t want you
to text me anymore.
I am sitting in the parking lot
and I want to see you.
