February

February

By

Nathan Caleb Camerer

Two feet of snow

Ten lazy days of house arrest

Spent learning about six years of anatomy

A child’s laughter is accompanied

By paw prints on the floor

The snow melts

And takes love with it

Happy fucking Valentine’s Day

The sky falls and the car won’t start

Seventeen months of memories

And 200 pounds

Stuffed in a money pit

Sofa surfing and soul searching

While looking for a way back home

Forever is gone forever

And “never” becomes a common word

And replaces “love” in the dialogue

Troubles are discovered

Just a little late

In conversations that are had without voices

Then the last day of the month arrives

As the day comes to an end

It takes the hopes

And dreams

And belief

And faith

Of a sappy sad bastard hopeless romantic