Gone (Revision)

[Keith]

Hi Todd
You capture the feeling of loss with a tinge of panic and the whole poem is well balanced by solid line breaks and tight phrasing, the images around the lighting, hungry nights and hours that drag the river are stand out for me. Whilst the magic metaphor works well and fits with the situation, for me it just felt a bit light hearted and by that I mean I wanted it to be darker somehow, not sure how. Some comments below.

She leaves home so often; Good opening
you stop noticing. Until the day, At first I thought why not just say, Until she doesn't come back but the way you have it sets a time frame and I like that.
she doesn’t come back.
Light retreats to shadow, this is very visual and cinematic but it feels added in, maybe move it down, im not sure but it needs to be kept.
You pull back the curtain
to peer down the tunnel like how this extends the view and really nails looking along the dark street
between streetlights, listen
to the hungry night, then turn back already said great lines
to your husband over dinner and push
food around your plate. whilst I like this I think it speaks of apathy or distraction I would prefer something more edgy
The hours drag the rivers,excellent and concise, a lesson for me
waiting for a call, or a note,
like in the movies, but there’s no bargaining
except with God. She’s vanished good use of the line break here, made me think about god not being around when needed
in a perverse magic trick,
into a disappearing box, 
out of your life,
and the magician 
has had a heart attack.
No words exist
to make her reappear. Solid metaphor and well worked ending