postcard

a fountain in a garden
conviction or a pardon?
if i read between the lines, can we put this all behind
or are we just getting started?

i don't want a postcard
i want you

holed up in the east bay
more than usual to say
twenty-seven lines getting smaller as you write
just to say you're okay.

i don't want a postcard
i want you

all the way from tuscon
"if you're reading this, i'm already gone.
like the light from a star that's been dead since i was born
i've moved on."

i don't want a postcard
i want you

end.

postcard©2002 by frank caravella