I mIss the Free Coffee Refills by Katherine Hala
reading about coffee and
an empty coffee mug
and it reminded me
of a mug with a lab picture
that I had bought for her
one day i found the mug
sitting on the tail of my pickup
after having driven the truck
at least 4 miles
twists and turns and bumps included
she probably had forgotten
she had put it there
but maybe
it was a test to see
if she could break
what was between us
and really
the only thing I know about a
coffe mug is
mug is gum
and after she was gone
I went thru her things
clothes and drawers and purses
and I found lots of gum
tic tac too
and maybe one other thing
I know about gum is
I could hire the best gum shoe detective
to find her
and I am completely certain
she won’t be found
and the lab that slept between is
now gone
and here I am with a cat
trying to make it cit
Over the years, I found several wonderful pieces of writing on the Flagstaff MC. I did occasionally publish them as part of my personal explorations creating re-worded response poems, but there were more saved than I had days or time to work with. With the free-form nature of Craigslist Missed Connections gone away, now is the perfect time to set these poems free and preserve them online.
