WordPress stats: twenty-
two-thousand views in ’12. This
despite no new posts.
Visitors to a dead blog
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WordPress stats: twenty-
two-thousand views in ’12. This
despite no new posts.
Where did they go? Wake.
Eat. Work. Pay bills. Each the same.
Days blink by, all gone.
Envelope size, thick
or thin. We look for clues, don’t
like to be surprised .
Food goes bad, beer flat.
But words on a blog are fresh
to new readers’ eyes.
She calls, panicked, freaked.
Can’t breathe, can’t focus, can’t write.
I soothe, long distance.
Bad trim, worse blow dry.
Pitying looks from strangers.
Do I cut and run?
Neglected, ignored.
Like faithful dogs, blogs wait for
their masters’ return.
Some days she doesn’t
fit into her skin, too young
to be old this soon.
What we hold onto
owns us drowns us sedates us
slow death by shopping.
I type in a dim
dark room listening to surf.
There’s an app for that.