Stephanie Young
A Moving Poem
David is in China
and Tanya lives in Alameda
with Cynthia across the Island
where I used to livethere is a Fenton in the Oakland Hills
and Ear, likewise
in Oakland as I amin Oakland again
with a baby named Fiona
and a group of pregnant ladies
eating vanilla bean
and pig-headed, I want to havea computer hooked up to the phone
and a door to the phone
and my ear to the phone
I’m hoping that you’ll call mefrom across the water, Del
in your charming studio, Cassie
at the Fremont station, Amy
won’t you come and live next door?