Maggie Rowlett in absentia my lover today a cardboard foldout tomorrow a film sprocketed looped with strings symphonic a flute whispering dream songs once I was real body lean silken appetites sharp keen of mind and eye responsive to warmth and willing you were there your heart explored my mind your hands and mouth my body and it was real when I am gone you said there will be another before the sun grows cold the sun has cooled and warmed many times I am real my lover is a cardboard fold-out on a sprocketed film with flutes whispering Winner of Gertrude’s $25 Editors’ Choice Award.