I & I
I answered my phone
without looking down
and heard my voice say
I would be in town
I heard myself ask
would I be home when
I arrived later
at nine perhaps ten
My stuttered reply
was anxious and high
I simply said yes
without knowing why
I checked the I.D.
it was my number
How did I call me
I sat and wondered
At nine on the dot
to my wild surprise
I was on the porch
as I had advised
I looked just like me
even dressed the same
I didn’t bother
to ask me my name
I waved my left hand
and I waved my right
I and I both smiled
but our grins were tight
What is it I want
I thought in my head
as I looked at I
I heard what I said
I climbed up the steps
I shook in greeting
I stared at myself
I and I meeting
Before I could speak
I spoke up quickly
I needed a drink
I felt quite sickly
As I stepped past I
to pour the liquor
I knew right away
I should be quicker
I snarled and I bit
I gnashed and I tore
within a moment
I was I no more
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Wow! I love this! It is fantastic is so many ways! kudos!
I really love this too. It feels like a duet and the airy, minimalism that is lyrical becomes haunting by the end.
Wow! The rhymes and short lines really move this along – nicely done!
Wonderful! Clever, then haunting.
Oh, that indeed got haunting at the end!
Everyday quarantine? We all got a little messy with ourselves, perhaps.
Seeing self outside of self. I like it!