Dominos

Sometimes I don't know where
this dirty road is taking me
sometimes I can't even see the reason why -Townes van Zandt


Do you want to play
dominos? he asks
I don’t answer
I don’t know who
He is

Why don’t you want
to play dominos
with me?
Again, I don’t
answer

Weren’t you my
creative writing
professor?
Satori –
I know
Him

He is loneliness, a
façade hiding behind
Townes van Zandt
lyrics and white space

a computer screen

What do you want?
He claims he’s
interested…
yet he is not
free…

He plays me like
the Scrabble games
he challenges me to
as I get the winning
edge

He gets triple letter score…

Who really has won this game?

It is likely we both
win and lose
as we wander
this dirty road
and technological
white space
searching, seeking
for a reason why.