a leaf falls, a symbol of

a leaf falls, a symbol of

(digitally modern)

every time he logs-on . . .  he twinges 
hoping there’s no e-mail from her . . .
or sighs sad there’s no e-mail from her—

he sighs, but keeps wishing he’d stop, like a bad habit:
he goes on lettering her eyes 
printing her lips with the tip of his tongue: 

she deconstructs his paltry talents 
fingers of imagination saving up winter 
like squirrels in a tree; something untoward
she blushes & hushes—

then watches while a leaf falls, a symbol of
self-pity E. E. Cummings put between ( )*

*E. E. Cummings poem “l(a”:  

l(a

le
af
fa
ll

s)
one
l

iness