White Dove
Sam i am
was a quiet man
who talked a lot
about simple things
like where to put the comma
in a sentence
he’d call me up
close to midnight
to make sure
and I loved him for that
for caring that much
about that
dog tired
and red-rimmed
he never gave in
put himself in their shoes
he understood the product
the first-read
and nobody knew
out there
but I like to think
they did
just didn’t know it
all those years
’til that morning
when they were left
wondering
what was missing
something was missing
somewhere between the line
the day Sam i am
turned off his lamp
put down his red pen
and never called me again
TL