Jim Brewer Poet Narrative

Lost and Found At the Circus

LOST AND FOUND AT THE CIRCUS

i apologize for forgetting
you.  this is not the way
it is supposed to be.
but something happened
and i see you,
but i don’t know 
who you are.

i wish i had had time
to apologize before
i left, but i did not know  
i was going.
i did not know things 
were changing right
in front of me,

us.

you smiled, told me
you apologized for not being
able to stop the disappearing act
i was performing.
you held me, told me 
it was like watching
a circus act

while eating cotton candy.

you laughed and touched  my face,
reminded me this is the way 
it is supposed to be.
later, you bought peanuts
and we licked our fingers
as we watched a ballerina dance
on the high wire.

we laughed and waited for her to fall.
she never did.

Copyrighted
Jim Brewer
April 9, 2011

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