in sickness

you look good: your recent
illness seems to have
improved your form, or at least
what didn’t kill you
appears to have
made you stronger. I would
never say this to your face, because
I hate it when
people say it to mine, but
it kind of looks like
you’ve lost weight. maybe
it’s just that
wearing a dark color
is more flattering,
a phenomenon I’ve also
experienced.

not that I have the right
to notice, or care – a fact of which
I’m acutely aware – but
it’s so nice
to see you out
and about
again.