on listening
followed you,
all the way back from
last minuet.
ran on telephone lines,
to beat every signal,
flaring.
they wanted to,
i needed to,
get in focus,
we are unclear
so we raced,
we lost.
on listening,
was it better
to be heard
through the deafening
screech of every passing train,
or to be ignored
through the drip drop’s
in the quietness of rain?