i’ve kept friends like apartments
changing every year or two
and when i return it’s not the same
the walls have been repainted
and redecorated with pictures of smiling strangers
the large oak table we carved all our names into
has been irrevocably replaced
so i leave
my memories and faith
unstable.
the sieve and the sand 
two questions
is the table really gone?
and are the pictures on the wall 4feet by 4feet or smaller?
1. yes. no idea what happened to it.
2. smaller, of course.