Faraway friends
I love you so
The lists
where trusted hand
spills truth through ink
a firm rebuttle
to the intrusive thought
that nobody likes me
for you
do
Not to sound trite
the millennial
in her pink
thanks god for social media
at once an unfair glimpse into
the best angles of
the world’s most beautiful
Yet also
a lifeline
across oceans
your support spanning continents
Perched atop the lists
the sad demarcation
of your cities
London
Paris
Singapore
Dublin
New York
Seattle
All a blessed tiling of geography made mute
by the cat gifs and Instagram foxes
her joyful squeal heard
time zones apart
by calathea in their pinstripe suits
So many memes
our bitmoji dance in ways I wish
was possible for us.
This world away
so vast
is what you mean to me
faraway friends.
©2018 Clementine Yost
June 5, 2018
