The Limitations of Facebook
I cannot friend you,
dear friend
There is no people search
that will hit on your name
Not even Google
can reach you now
(I've tried)
Which is the trouble
with expecting technology
to fix everything
To bridge continents
And span time
The last time I saw you
In your grim Iowa apartment
I gifted you a poster
of green water and red desert
that I dug out from the back of
our road-weary Volvo
Believing--hoping--
that it could color the
bleakness of your
internal landscape as well
Yet, in the way of
young people on the move
(before Facebook)
I lost touch with you
And when my Christmas card
returned, undeliverable
I knew you were freed from
your impenetrable loneliness
So sad.
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