Carolyn

Ruth Z Deming

The name alone conjures up friendship.
Yet we´d quarreled. She talked too much
and didn´t listen. What was the use of
speaking when her words drowned me out.

Slow down, girl, I wanted to say. We´d
taken trips together - kayaking the Delaware,
visiting art galleries, listening to Lynn
Levin read her award-winning poetry.

I want you back, Carolyn.
I want you back!