The Dead Oven

[miyako73]

It has been like this
since Luigi left;
he said he would go back
to Italy for good,
but I still see him around
flirting with everyone.

My day starts
when a cup of water boils
for the instant coffee--
I like it bitter
to contrast his sugared tiramisu
I can taste with closed eyes.

I call it a day
after I finish a bag of popcorn
I eat one by one
while watching his old film--
a Fellini in black-and-white
I do not understand.

Between dawn and midnight,
I thaw the frozen
while thinking of Dante's Comedy
and the divine;
I wish for a large microwave
with buttons inside.

[qimissung]

I think this is pretty good, Miyako, except I'm not sure Luigi is worth all the attendant despair.