by Kelly

I’m thinking of you.

Let’s find an artsy cafe

and contemplate life.

by Alison

braiding her hair

I remember the feeling of

someone braiding mine

by Kelly

I’d like to sit here

with you, Alison, and drink

wine and talk of life

by Alison

What do I want

to share with Kelly today?

This marvelous breeze!

by Alison

the loops of her words

in a handwritten letter –

evening bird calls

by Alison

my hairdresser soothes

my troubled heart and grey roots –

In two hours I’m changed.

by Alison

how lovely to talk

with two friends in one night

on the telephone

by Alison

he needs me so much

but there’s not enough of me –

husband needs a friend

by Kelly

another high school

popularity contest —

Facebook friend requests

by Alison

“Crescent moon,” he says.

“No. A fingernail clipping.”

Kelly’s words change me.