Football Tickets

In July or August phone calls

came from people I rarely talked to

suddenly expressing an interest 

in how I was. About seventeen 

sentences in, the snake would slither out

from behind a rock and rattle 

the question concerning scarce 

football tickets through my connection.

For me, autumn leaves 

lampoon the human 

pretense of caring toward

a goal of one's own explainable 

but tough on a softie wanting

to believe there is such a thing 

as a random phone call 

of love minus an agenda.