Either I’m too sensitive

If you see her — if.

Tangier, they said. Could be.

Tell her I go on.

She may think I forgot.

Let her.

No. Don’t.

We ended. People do.

Still, the cold. Still, that door. Tried to make her stay. Idiot.

Gone. Not gone.

If you get close to her — if.

Kiss her once for me. Not for love. For proof.

She left.

The cards were there.

The taste remains.

Bitter. Still.

I keep moving. Make my rounds.

Her name.

Someone says it.

I stop.

Then go on.

Too thin-skinned. Too stubborn. Getting soft.

Sundown. Yellow moon.

If she comes back — if

I’ll be where I failed to leave.

If she has the time.