Rejection:
I get the
Silent
Treatment;
No words,
Black
Hole, no
Return
Address.
Deflection:
I get the
Lack of
Response;
No peep,
Dead
Calm, no
Kind
Regrets.
Is
This the
Way your
Mother
Taught
You?
Don’t say
Anything
When you
Can’t,
Something
Nice? I
Understand,
And yet,
Expect
Much more;
Just as
Well, you
Can’t
Pay my
Price…of
Courtesy.

rjw, 10/7/02