Examine the condition

of optimism

enduring exile

in that drawer

top right

fumbling

through fragments

of last night

tidbits

particles

better still

waiting for the third ring

before answering

with a cough

before anything

that you could say

would make me need something

that is too far away

for me to ask for politely

perhaps I will catch it

but perhaps

the silence is numbered

between

greedy unremembering

and accidental style.