Speaking of objects and their auras...

I got sick of lighters disappearing on me
so I bought six to last the week.

Now the blue ones seem to be proliferating.

While I was at it, I picked up a pack
of No. 27’s
--your brand--I don’t know
what I was expecting to happen

maybe a communion of spirit
of sorts

I drank a bottle of wine,
smoked three in a row on those
old stairs that go from campus up to the busstop

One of my roommates, now,
he smokes the same

and I was grateful to him afterward
when my mouth tasted nothing
like your body or blood

I'm not sure how I ended up calling you anyway


I woke up to the sidewalks steaming.

The morning must have brought in rain

I don't remember

but speaking of objects and their auras
when I went to dress myself

yours were the only clean shirts that I had left