I.
Later, on the phone, Chloe yawns,
she and Dylan smoked up,
says her guy is cheating on her.
Hear Chloe’s nonna screaming.
Parents gone. No siblings.
Chloe tries
to smoke it all
away.
But it’s Senior Year, the time to remember
everything.
II.
A long machine message from Adam
saying hi, hope I had a good first day
at school, leading my first Yearbook meeting.
Ever the editor,
offers to brainstorm
yearbook themes with me.
Says he’s been pretty busy,
plans to join a frat.
Lie in bed,
wonder if he’ll drink,
something we used to not do, together.
Eyes closed, listen to Dad listening to opera,
banging around the kitchen, house sounds stirred
with the whooshing cars on the Henry Hudson—
a city lullaby rushing me into easy sleep.