POSTCARD TO THE OTHER PLACE

 
Dear Lee, now that your cough
has softened – surely – into cloud
or dew and you waft among angels
of every gender, is it daft to ask:
do you think you’ve got a better
overview. Let’s meet for coffee –
only where? I’m not ready to come to you.
Some mid-point then? Tell me again
about meeting Tristan Tsara. We’ll talk
Szymborska and Różewicz.
I’ll introduce someone new, Bargielska,
Grzegorzewska. See if they touch you.
There’s more I’d like to say, even if
it’s been said already. Let’s meet
for coffee, order large ones.


Maria Jastrzębska