Dreamland Poem by Cathy Smith

that same day i thought
i caught you hanging up on
the telephone and bought you
some flowers to tell you that i knew
that that was you on the phone
i didn’t want to be too subtle
the flowers should
have been larger better
prettier for you
there wasn’t any letter in my box
today beyond dreaming i reached in
and felt around the
metal sides the box
was empty except for a
few letters informing me of
forthcoming sales god
i hope i’m not being a
fool you know that probably
wasn’t even you on the phone