35 Wednesdays

For 5P. The assignment was to take another classmate's list of daily activities and turn it into a poem. All the indented lines are mine; all lines aligned with the left margin come directly from the list.

35 Wednesdays
     It is only one day a week.

   On the 1st Wednesday, I am
wishing I wasn’t awake. Sweating. I don’t really know
how to communicate effectively.

   The 7th Wednesday we try to
make up.
   but I
read a romance novel
   and it reminds me
of my choice.

I generally enjoy being
   with you but I think you want me
only to stand there,
only to be interrupted.

   On the 15th Wednesday, it
just depends.
   You still want to
enjoy the comfort of my bed.

   The 21st Wednesday:
This is the time
before finishing.

   The 30th Wednesday has the
phone call.
Eight minutes,
ten minutes,
I rush:
Stop off. Leave the door.

   On the 35th Wednesday I realize how
sadly I love
   for
some exciting story,

as if I haven’t brought it with me
as if I haven’t finished.