Seth Rosenbloom

Empty

Seth Rosenbloom

A place on the counter the piles of the papers that you left, that I moved That you hated me for moving that I thought I was right to move right for moving That I thought were left behind, left to go elsewhere left to go where they belong Because I always do the moving because I moved them because I thought I was right Empty, that place on the kitchen counter bracketed by the keys to the Honda and a coffee mug Sun streaking across the granite to a place on the counter to a place that is now empty And it catches me in its emptiness for what is now not there The piles that I moved to make space because I wanted the space But I did not want to be empty

Seth Rosenbloom grew up outside Washington D.C. and lives in Seattle. He studied acting at Boston University and received a BA in Drama from the University of Washington. Alongside a career in management consulting, he has written and acted in solo performances at On the Boards, Bumbershoot and on the Seattle Channel. He studies poetry at Hugo House, and is working on a collection of poems about coming of age and loss.