my friend is back

the cable is out
internet too
they say it’s the entire neighborhood
not just you
well, this neighborhood
is dying in front of me
my building sold
the land it seems
worth more
i don’t know where i’ll go
perhaps the offer in austin
i will take
another escape
my car is gone
it’s been over a week
and yet time stands still
without him here
it is memorial day
i take a moment
to mourn my
nineteen-year-old cousin
i feel nothing
nothing
the blues
are back
fiercer than ever