who emailed me only once
after I responded to their
craigslist classifieds --
litter my gchat contact list.
Sometimes I'll glance down and --
catching a name in the corner of my eye --
think of moments I shared
with them
when we lived together,
and I believe,
momentarily,
that these phantom relationships
actually occurred.
Really, who am I
to say that these memories
are any less valid
than those I can trace
more clearly?
I really like this idea of phantom relationships that just appear in the corner of your eye. The last stanza isn't as satisfying as the other two--maybe something stronger for the last three lines? The question of validity there doesn't seem to cover it. Also, do you need the dashes?
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