the linguist

A series of dates

with no connection.

People have such plans

and hopes

and ambitions

in love.

It is like a business

with a mission statement

and a goal of some profit (marriage? children?).

I lie in this empty bed

listening to music

grateful to be at home

grateful to be away

from people

for a period of time.

Still I think about the linguist

and wonder what she looks like

at her friend’s graduation today

and if the time will come

when we will go out again.