By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 9 October 1998

on the rack

       2:00 p.m.
       good, it's still 
          early yet
        he still
         might call
       so I read the poetry of
            Gary Soto
         eat an Almond Joy
          bide my time

       3:00 p.m.
       maybe he's trying to
        get his courage up
      I'll take a nap
        and then paint
            my nails
         perhaps the phone
            will ring
        and my roommate will
           bang on my door
         saying,"It's for you!"

   I'll give him
         until midnight
      to remember our kisses
       and do something
          about it