ACROSS THE ETHER

Dear Nadine,
Your pictures on your website
are so beautiful
so much moreso
than you were
when we met last week.

I had no idea you were such
an important artist
no idea how much you could help me.

Forgive me for not speaking to you
in the manner you are so accustomed.

Dear Simon,
Your behavior last week was boorish
irrational
and rare.

Few people act like that upon first meeting,
and fewer still have the chance to make restitution.

I am disappointed
that you seek to make amends
and wish you could continue
with your earlier
curlish ways.

Dear Nadine,
Fuck you.

Dear Simon,
Call me.