After Thirty Years

Could you ride in an elevator
with your old lover
an a city far away
and she not even recognize
that once
yes, once
so far from here
you had each whispered
those things no one else was meant to hear

And you say hello
and she says hello
never realizing
how far together you've grown apart

And yes, dear
the toilets do spin
in the wrong direction
back home

Buenos Aires, December 2007