Nostalgia for the past
has been replaced by
nostalgia for the future
that will obviously never be
who would have guessed
after ten years of this
we would still be waiting
for the end to end
a revolution maybe
could lead us out of it
if not for uncertainty
as to what comes next
so much doesn’t work
it keeps not working
in a kind of perfect
circle that stays broken
without the laughing
running to the door
after an unexpected day
away from home to work
seeing how human chances
get from point a to point b
through benign neglect
and required unremembering
I would be okay except
for the mirroring of myself
at the door closing behind
saying see you later
in precisely my cadence
she knows what will return
will be different in a kind
of same kind of way
these broken chances keep
happening
Joshua Keiter 