my Miami closet

by Robert Reese, 2002

jeans
trousers
shirts
underwear
sweaters with
   no chilly evenings
   to see your warm breath
   escaping like magic
ties
jackets
a suit
overcoats with
   no snow dancing down
   through the night and
   resting on your hair
shoes
socks
sandals
cowboy boots with
   no horse to ride
   to feel like a king,
   a god on top of a
   mountain
swim trunks
towels
an umbrella
baseball caps and
a post card
   from Miami
   when it was still
   a beautiful dream