there’s a dangling
apology out there one
i would not accept from a
man at the beach after
his dog attacked
my dog and dunked him
under water the man
grabbed off his dog and then
called him two swear words, the man said
he was sorry but I merely
frowned. now the man’s
apology
dangles –
twists
in the wind flaps
in the breeze hangs low
and unplucked like
rotten fruit – what happens
to dangling apologies? do they
finally waft down to be
absorbed by
the earth – or do they
continue to float and float for
all eternity – like those times
you say “I love you” and
no one answers?
-ryn.09.05.17
