Four Chairs - Roberto Delgado's Blog

I know, I am stretching the number-titled blogs conceit a bit thin... but hear me out.  I posted two similar poems about two very different women, so, four objects to talk about!

Yeah, well. 

These two are portraits. I am surprised how few of those I wrote on my way to completing the 64. You'd think that would be an easy task to assign myself, but they do require a distictive personality about whom to write. Maybe there just aren't that many of them to go around.  One of my subjects followed me in Facebook where I was posting my daily poems. She actually recognized herself in it, walked right up to me, and asked me if it was written about herself. I panicked and said no. She insisted.  So did I.  So, she walked away probably embarrased.  She still remained friendly though.  I even let her borrow my copy of The Master and Margarita (she hated it). The other woman (keep on wanting to say girl) is, well, someone I never met in person. We had a long distance relationship. The fever almost convinced me to get on a plane for the weekend.  These last 10 years of my life would have turned out very differently if I had.