| Someone To Talk To
I've an inkling now,
how old men must die
for someone to talk to.
You've been gone
less than a day,
and already
I have to stop myself
from sidling up to strangers
with news dull as leaves
unraked over a long winter.
I'm tempted
to invite the mailman in
for a game of gin, a few beers,
his opinion on the Orioles.
I make a withdrawal
to hear the teller chirp,
"Have a real nice day."
I go shopping—
to talk proudly
to the cashier about my wife,
invited to present a paper
at a prestigious conference.
What I don't say
is that each time you leave
it's even worse
than the time before,
me pacing our rooms
like a caged wolf
bereft of his mate. |
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Robert Cooperman's first collection, In
The Household Of Percy Byshe Shelly, was published by the University Press of Florida.
Cooperman reviews music for Keltic Fringe.
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- Isaiah 61:1-3
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