pink velvet's gone
little orange and white is gone
bitten fingers so tiny are gone
gone also are the unhidden eyes

blue suitcase is gone
little splitpaws is gone
kisses in video light are caught
in a tumult of leaving

silver glasses are gone
fogged eyeglasses of terror are gone
gone is the prowler in white and orange
gone are the computerized hours

gone is the year of sack flour
that we struggled under
gone is the rift in strange time
that allowed us a broken breather

pink velvet's gone
little orange and white is gone
bitten fingers so tiny are gone
gone also are the unhidden eyes