The Continuing Poem Series About the Spring of 2006 Continues Like This

April 5, 2006
This morning we had kind of a bad moment

where Bill forgot his keys
and then was trying to call me
from outside the front door
but I wasn’t picking up
because usually
no one calls us
on the land line
And he was stressing out
and once I figured out
what was happening
I felt really bad
for ignoring the phone
and ran out into the lobby
in my bathrobe and slippers
to give him the keys

However
we’d eaten
grapefruit
for breakfast
and when I came back into the apartment
the pink sweet-sour smell of the rinds and the juice
hit me in a gentle little wave and surprised me with pleasure


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