You whom I hoped to reach by writing,
you beyond the multicolored tangle
of telephone wires,
you with your white paper soul
trampled in transit,
you with kaleidoscope stamps
& black cancellations,
you who put your finger on my heart as I slept,
you whom I jostle in elevators,
you whom I stare at in subways,
you shopping for love in department stores. . .
I write to you
& someone else answers:
the man who hates his wife
& wants to meet me,
the girl who mistakes me for mother. . .
My strange vocation
is to be paid for my nightmares.
I write to you, my love,
& someone else
always answers.
You Whom I Hoped To Reach By Writing
Erica Jong
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Poem topics: girl, heart, mother, shopping, wife, soul, white, finger, department, reach, black, strange, paper, I love you, write, love, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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