The Regal Penguin says,

"THANK YOU for the GIFT of your EYES!

For your PRECIOUS MOMENTS OF ATTENTION.

PLEASE ENJOY a Deep Fried Poem:" 

 



Quiet Night in Colonia
 

Even before I begin to write,

I know I will erase these words.

I know that these thoughts,

Like all my others,
 
Fall into a VOID.
void
void
-
-

Interacting with no one,
no one
no
o
n
e

Evaporating
into
n
o
t
h
i
n
 g
   .  
 .
 .


But what if?

WHAT IF!!!?

 what if...


Your eyes were to
 
Glance at these words,

Even momentarily? 


What if,
 
Just for a second,

My mind was to interact with yours?

 

Your casual glance
could redeem me.

 
I can feel you out there,

I know you exist.

 
We could face
the void together!

 
I wandered the

cobblestone streets tonight,

Searching for you.


I wrote in

My notebook tonight,

Searching for you.


I searched my

Whole life for you,

Still
You elude Me.


***


Matthew Gilgoff
Colonia, Uruguay
Winter 2009


Dedicated
 with all my love and gratitude to
Hope and Hyla
How you searched for me...

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