I Wonder If

You've deep in another novel I wish I was as committed as you I wish all this was solvable Do you still laugh at The New Yorker cartoons? Searching for a meaning That was hard to capture I wonder if your nose is still cold? Are you out there on the balcony Cutting out another article to keep Staring out at the skeleton factories? A vague quote in a brand-new notebook My drawing of Scott Walker pinned to your fridge Wondering if you still love me I know that you once said that you did The doom held off Long enough for another chapter I wonder if your nose is still red? Veins popping in indignation At the hours that you keep Further to our final conversation When you were alone in your empty, half-sold flat I would battle the drunks out on their Christmas do Dressed in cheap costume, just to make it to you I wonder if your nose is still cold? Are you out there on the balcony? Time to draw it out some more Stinging nettles for a memory