Sitting in Evin

You are 31

like me

You are funnier than me

I am more sarcastic

You have green eyes

and short hair

You will turn 32 in a few months

Me, sooner

I drink whiskey in the cold winter

and buy coffee in the size of a cup

already made

I walk to the movies

and to work

I feel

the company

of people

in the streets

I make mistakes

bigger ones that you made

and I go home at night

You don't

You sit

sit

and sit

in the opposite of home

You may walk around for 15 minutes

a day

You don't talk to anyone

He doesn't either

he is 28

a computer programmer

will he remember how to program

when he gets out?

how quickly does the mind

go soft?

How long can the mind

converse with itself

before

it loses who said what

and it all becomes noise

that no one hears

He was a journalist

She played piano

They are our age

They sit

alone

and watch years of growth

go by

how big is that building?

there are so many of you

 how do you architect

a building

that seals

the dreams

of youth?