Our Mutual Tender Existence

Our Mutual Tender Existence

Trading our goodbyes before bed,

my friend said, as we embraced,

We’re supposed to hold on longer

because things are so hard right now,

and so we wrapped our arms around

each other, and stayed that way

for several beats in the lamplit room

as darkness swept down across

the river below. And I thought, maybe

we are meant to hold onto eve…