Long Distance (poem)

We are like news reporters 

Constantly relaying our lives to each other 


Trying to fit everything into a single broadcast


We wait like hungry dogs, ready to devour today’s meal 


Unsatisfied by the liquid and scraps we are given, 


We wait for the day our meals will be full, and eaten together


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