(Verlaine)

I think of you, I think of you.

I had this friend who told me that

coincidence cannot articulate the best

events. She said she'd rather think of

everything as accident, after all, it's

all heaven-sent. She said I don't think

good but i know how to wait as if when

you wait it is not hours but some forgotten

sense of time. It's very kind of all those

powers to feature love without design.

Letters arrive, spelling out the wish so

clear, making a language of desire and fear.

You said it's not that way... God is not the

name of God... you'll send a drawing of the heart

I don't draw well but i know how to wait as if...

I think of you listening to your father's voice...

those endless speeches on 'The Gift of Choice'.

Love's not a story I could ever read or write...

I guess you'd say I'm not so bright. Show me

how you wait... as if...

I am so fond of you, so fond of you.

These difficult questions tell me a joke.