[title subtitle=”lines: Thomas Cochran”][/title]
When I heard the news
that he’d made this call
I felt uncertain and thought
briefly of staying away,
as I have from his porch and table
these past few years.
But we’d had no falling out,
only a change in our routes.
Passing, we always waved,
hello and see you later
in a single gesture—
no need, until now, for good-bye.
