Questions for Pittsburgh
by Kate Spencer
Is it merely incidental
that you found someone transcendental – I mean,
was that the word you used
in the ad?
You’re in no way traditional
so I like to think
that his pink fingers
that tapped from the ether,
that eventually entwined in yours
were forwarned
of the feist he would find
in you.
What joys were shared
after parking meters had been slapped?
Which fears were quelled
when you lay in bed together?
Whose hair-brained antics were crazier?
Where did the moments of minutiae go –
have the memories faded
jaded
or are the pictures HD in your mind
flashes
or full-length,
locked away or
front and centre?
Why could he not pick you up from the hospital?
How long did you contemplate the cormorants?
Do you still?
And when you do,
do you think of him?
Does Pittsburgh still miss you?
My ovaries are cysted like yours –
does Pittsburgh still miss you?
And how transcendent was your time
and how transcendent will it be?
Pittsburgh still misses you.
that you found someone transcendental – I mean,
was that the word you used
in the ad?
You’re in no way traditional
so I like to think
that his pink fingers
that tapped from the ether,
that eventually entwined in yours
were forwarned
of the feist he would find
in you.
What joys were shared
after parking meters had been slapped?
Which fears were quelled
when you lay in bed together?
Whose hair-brained antics were crazier?
Where did the moments of minutiae go –
have the memories faded
jaded
or are the pictures HD in your mind
flashes
or full-length,
locked away or
front and centre?
Why could he not pick you up from the hospital?
How long did you contemplate the cormorants?
Do you still?
And when you do,
do you think of him?
Does Pittsburgh still miss you?
My ovaries are cysted like yours –
does Pittsburgh still miss you?
And how transcendent was your time
and how transcendent will it be?
Pittsburgh still misses you.