Email

today I waited

for an email to arrive.

whilst waiting

I put the names

of all the people I knew

into the search engine

to see what became of them.

the search engine was most helpful

if they’d been very successful

or dead.

the screen flickered at me

I flickered back it.

I waited for an email to arrive

any email would do.

but none arrived

just like yesterday

and the day before that.