Advent Candles

I miss you more than 
I loved you. Still, I love you
 –less than I feared you. 

hushed murmurs, a squeaking chair

low mmms and ahhhs and snaps

and a poet standing dead center to begin dissection —the act of pulling out an intestine to test the color for ink

            555 Far Away College Dorm
            City with No Cornfields, Peach State 
            661.9 Miles Away, USA