Written by Yongbo Ma
“Where are you?” which suggests
people may not be where they’re supposed to be: home or at work
Escape or pilgrimage？what does it matter if we’re on the way
“What’s up?” Then say something
But with phone bill cheapest at midnight
enthusiasm drops to zero degrees. A call from God
shakes the dark rotary phone, nobody answers
Something perishing like shining particles in rising river
may be the reason for the call
“Nothing much. Read, go to work,
write something. Let’s fix a date for meeting”
Some other day, other day. See you.
Putting down the receiver, people keep walking
but unlike Jack Kerouac who spanned
the whole dark land searching for meaning
(or words). Go upstairs. I write
“Cloudy and then sunny. The world is there.”
Now somebody is waking up in a stranger’s bed
Text © Yongbo Ma
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