I.M.

we have the same short conversations
over and over again
every time we’re both
online
at three am
and all our real friends are asleep
and we forget
for a minute about
the same short conversations we have

over and over again
every time

except when
sometimes
we both ask the same stupid question
like “what’s up?”
or “hows you?”
or “what you been up to?”
at the same time
and then
one of us says
“LOL”
even though the last time we actually spoke
maybe two or three
years ago
we agreed that nobody says LOL
when something is funny
so then it’s awkward
because we both know
that we only say LOL
when it’s awkward

and there is nothing else to say