when he spotted the abandoned clothesline he knew it would be
a safe place to hang his drenched fabrics to dry
(safety was always his priority; practical thinkers are
vigilant thinkers, yet his spontaneity, truly atypical for someone
so thoughtful, enabled this abrupt stop)

he (thoughtfully) unloaded his loot (really… he was always
cautious and [guarded]; the sort of Gentleman who would never think of you
                                                         high[ly]
and would likely even chastise you for driving far too recklessly on the          way,
despite your nagging yearning for rapidness)

the clothesline has been
                   There for a while
          it remains
                   There still.

he pinned you up, along with his various articles of fabric
(cotton and yourself left to dangle on a braid of cotton, would-have-beens
and yourself left to dangle between wooden shafts) and scanned the stars
above
his head for nothing in particular (after all,

you always were the one who said you wanted
“nothing in particular” to exist between you two).
he knew fully that mo(u)rning would come eventually;
he was not eager to stay around to watch its Rise

upon the task’s completion (yes, yes he was vigilant, but he bored easily of tedious tasks;
you were likely only a task to him nonetheless)
he promptly started his car and drove            away                a little too
recklessly and a little too rapidly

he left you
            There
to dry              or to not
you knew he had solidified your abandonment thoughtfully, in the same way that
he knew (but did not earnestly anticipate) that you might eternally remain
                                                                                                            dangling
There

         drenched.
you watch him depart and
feel as frightened as he would have been had
he stayed that morning and seen the Rise
(yes, yes he was vigilant, but he bored easily of tedious tasks;
you were likely only a task to him nonetheless)

you dangle
                    There for a while
          you dangle
                    There still.
(what other choice do you have?)