Write blind to your correspondents
bodily expressions, verbal nods
and grimaces.

Write deaf to the intonations
of what they actually meant.

Write unable to shake their hands,
hug in condolence. Kiss politely.

Inhale the fragrance
of their homes or themselves.

Taste the food
they cook to welcome you to their home.

Comprehend
the distance between imagination
and reality, the marketed illusion.