i could recognize her by the sinking in my stomach the sinking in my stomach an unwritable thing in the quiet of the unwritable the copyright office anxious by now sits waits till i ve translated this oversonged summer to a single phrase falling through falling through as in a mirror with a ledge or the title of a volume of my collected regrets nothing punctuates letdown like the worn groove of a deja vu playing out the same situated you i haven t put down a line in eight weeks where the chalky tracing of the missing girl didn t steal the scene imaginary crowds toss expensive flowers at where her feet would be it s so embarassing and i m blinded by the blank of the lit marquee open call for bioengineers if you clone this one girl i m thinking of i d gladly wait the 23 years for another shot been in love once but we both broke the lease date i d never rent a wedding ring no matter how good the rates me i want a piece of that poor forever what s a 3 d girl like you doing in a place like this damn girl whats your sign prozac nah it s zoloft ain t it what can i do to get you behind the wheel of a long term relationship today  and i know the cutest little do it yourself divorce spot in the mission you know just in case 