That afternoon my friend said
You know, you seem to
have lost your mojo.
I searched for it today in a Cuban café and left instead with a café con leche.
I looked online for it,
Mojo?
Mojo?
I called but
It didn’t call back.
I had to run fast from the internet, what with its
500 likes
and 600 friends and
323 connections.
My mojo seemed even farther away then
Like if I could hear its voice
it would be in some indiscernible font and
1.1 point
smaller than that and
fainter than the shiest whisper
I searched at the beach and under the front seat of the
car and and in the piles of notebooks,
down in the basement just behind that box full
of tiny mittens and boots.
Not there.
Mo-
Jo?
I called again
out into the wind
like I’d call the kids in from kickball
to dinner.
Only it didn’t swoop in, sit down to
the wooden table and say,
What are we having?
It stayed outside
or down some far away
hallway,
or up some hill,
out of earshot
out of
reach,
gone.
Jackie,
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written, and oh, so true. I'm feeling exactly this way recently. Maybe our mojos are off somewhere having an adventure without us? I like to think they'll return soon with lots to tell us.
We must get together soon!
Susan P.