—Measure for Measure—
and call Dyana, talk about life,
wonder together why
it is the way it is.
On this day in 2007,
the Orlando Magic acquired
Rashard Lewis,
and I was working
at Alice's Tea Cup.
Dyana was there,
baking cakes in the back,
out of my league,
and I don't know why
we stayed friends
for all these years.
She calls me
when she is reading
David Foster Wallace
and eating cereal,
but doesn't say a word.
She asks me
if I've heard
from what's-her-toes,
and I say no,
ask her if she's heard from "Anthony."
I'm glad we stayed friends
—just friends—
as rare as a caribou with feathers,
and we call each other
every other season
without reason.