the problem with virtual places
Mary Caldwell-Kane
sopping wet metaphors again
she grumbles at his white moon on Flickr
looming over a perfectly placed apologetic sea
its amore claims the caption
the photo touches the woman
so says her typed response
he fills up a pretend page with pleased emoticons :) :) :)
happy to be on top of her again
here a lifelike ache
fills her gut with hanker
no, she argues this air is substance
unreality our reality
until she sees his still active profile on eHarmony
fuck you, she texts
a little misunderstanding, he emails later
his breath stinks like a rotting corpse
she writes on his Facebook wall
he tags a picture with her name on MySpace
a prize winning hog from the saratoga county fair
lol say her friends in silent unison
she would have laughed
but for the sudden gush of warm water on flesh
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