Dec 10, 2013

APOSTROPHE TO WISTFUL


 

Wistful, the belonging part of remember,
the kiss and the Greyhound
sighing closed, leaving town.

 
Wistful, the silent film
with Fond Regret and Pining For.

 
The petal-hand of goodbye
from a ship forever sliding 
decades away.

 
Wistful, silence is your publisher
and the vitreous pour of the moon.

 
Wistful, splinter-skinny,
you hardly eat a thing in your Empire dress,
disconsolate hair pin, Victorian knife—
you keep a dull shine like a scar