Held remotely
says the message on your screen
when I interrupt our call to take another.
Talking or holding: you can’t do both,
even in a world whose far reaches
no longer exceed our grasp.
On the other side of the ocean, I read Resume.
When we do, you tell me laughing
you almost miss being held.
Five hours apart, yet we share a single present,
speaking, listening, from one infinitesimal
moment to the next: we hold.
See Rachel’s photographic response, “Hope and Anchor.”
Oh, Dave, I like this very much.
Me too.
Perfect.
Thanks. Glad y’all liked it.
I liked it too
and me