A Response
Amy Genduso

Dear John,

What am I up to next?

I’m playing Dance Dance Revolution.
Loving unconditionally
an asthmatic wildcat.
Tending to old people who
scare years
off of my life.
Falling in love with ideas, as has become
my nasty habit.
The rest is speculation.

Yes, I’m back in town, but
I don’t talk to Opal anymore,
after her one visit to Austin
when I noticed either she or I had changed a lot.

The black chicken died and the gold one went back
to the farm where she was born,
now bearing many chicks.

Thank you for the birthday note and package.

Love,