Reached for: E-Mail (Lonely)

It runs as connection sought at the distance of the written word, a lonely-hearted reaching toward kindred spirits that has quietly become the primary, sometimes the only, channel of contact, a sad settle-for in a busy, going-it-alone life. The longing for real company is genuine; the print is what feels reachable. What it asks for is one contact allowed to close the distance the page keeps.

I reach out through the page, because that's the one place I've found anyone at all.

Cyrano, who poured his whole heart onto the page and won the one he loved by letter, never able to close the distance in his own body. The form implies a task: to be met at the near range the letters never allowed.