something unsaid

.what i didn't tell you, daddy, on that
weekendyousurprised Me
(came just to look me in the eye)

a patio dinner, with folkmusic
justlikebackat Home
and microbrew pilsners to wash down

Pizza, greek olives, and a caprese salad.

)already knew, you'd said, the moment
we breathed hello, i, out-of-breath
havingrunupfiveflightsof Stairs,

Gone: when you arrived. unexpectedly.(

i should have known.)

and, again, saying goodbye in a car lingering
outside Ben and Jerry's, you attempting to
rid the evidence like a molotov cocktail
--strong suspicions on both our parts of your being diabetic.

::the ambassador, she told me, looking me in the eyes,
you need to thank him for what he's given you.
yes, i said, i-- thank him.