He doesn’t talk to me today
and I don’t know why.
For me to ask why he isn’t talking to me
is to name it
and if I’m wrong and he is talking to me,
it’s just that he hasn’t spoken to me lately,
then I’ll feel like a fool,
but if he isn’t talking to me, he may still deny
that he isn’t talking to me if I just say, directly,
“Why aren’t you talking to me?”

It’s not like he’s the only one.
I am not without sin
and I have alienated many a former friend.
I have also simply phased out friendships
with cadres of quondam comrades
because they weren’t convenient.
Could this be why I’ve heard nothing?
I’ve heard NOTHING from him.

Pretty sure I won’t be getting any answers
this way
so maybe it’s time
to try something else.