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.