“I just wanted to let you know that I am smiling”

“If you were still in love with me, I would call you now

even though I know you’re sleeping.”

Following without thinking is indoctrination.

“…the things on which we once reflected, we’ve rejected…”

“It was like a scene from a movie I watched. So long ago

I’ve forgotten its name, but it ended the same

With the lights up, empty soda cups,

and popcorn boxes on the floor “