Thursday, October 6, 2005

harryette mullen - why you and i

Who knows why you and I fell off the roster?

Who can figure why you and I never passed muster

on our way out yonder?

Does anyone wonder why you and I lacked

the presence of minding our blunders?

Can anyone see why you and I, no longer intact,

pulled a disappearing act and left with scratch? Our secret pact

required that you and I forget why and where

we lost our place when we went off the books.

Could anyone guess, does anyone know or even care

why you and I can’t be found, as hard as we look?

Who’ll spell out for us, if we exist,

why you and I missed our turn on the list?

who can stand no reason why you and I let

our union dissolve to strike the orderly alphabet?

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