Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been (for Geoff)

Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been

It might have been in
one of those three syllable
months – the ones with a decisive
stress point smack in the
middle; the hopeful quartet
that arrive towards the
latter part of the year,
announcing the onset
of milder days and less
troubled thoughts.

It was more a minimalist
Haiku collaboration than
an empty exchange of words.
You said Tin Nimbus was
on the burner, and awkward
isn’t there when silences
are shared and understood;
they breathe the same air.
Just for a second, I thought
we had nailed it in one, Geoff;
No need for a second draft.

©️Orion Foote, 2022