Giftings

So let’s
Discover
On the Thursday
Between first and second
Cups of coffee
Near Main
And Walnut
By
The way
With a light changing
From emerald to ruby
Via amber
You know
Through the day and night

What is it
That we want
And shall we have it

I don’t know
What do you want
And may I help you
With that

Do you want something intimate
In which case
I do not know
But if it’s thinking
Over
Something
Which can be intimate
I think
I could help you

By listening
To begin with
And you might find
That’s all you need
Of me

It’s a cheat
I know
Over electronic distance
Though I did not
Invent the thing that both
Makes things possible
And
Gets in the way

Let’s do the best we can
With what we have

And it might be Friday
Where you are
Or maybe finishing the last hour
Of Wednesday
Way west
Of here
Even in Oz
Or Valinor

And if you live such myth
Then I shall listen to you
Frankly
For the betterment
Of me
In storyhearing

Storytelling
Then

With those to whom
To say
Don’t stop me
If you’ve heard this
Because you never have
Heard this

C L Couch


Photo by Izuddin Helmi Adnan on Unsplash

Emerald City?  No, Kuala Lumpur.  Both places, fictive and real, for stories (fictive and real).