Distance
Distance suits you so well, familiar
like a worn suit, the one you choose
Distance, her long waiting curves you drive
your hands around her sleek horizon
singing along, the CD playing regional American
tripping Four Corners return in continuity
some beat in your blood you stain
Distance with coffee and coke daring
to go deeper, shortening here and there sparking
nerves sharp, breath, trusting, unfinished
satisfaction guaranteed
room for improvement
serenity now
vjrs
September 2009 (altered lines January 2012)
Valerie Sonnenthal has signed her poems “vjrs” since she took her first plane to California and found a lost memo planner before committing her heart to poetry. She is Editor and Co-Publisher of Avalon magazine and publisher of Errata Editions. She and her family have lived on Martha’s Vineyard for the last seven years.