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  • 3/6/2011

Restaurant Miff

restaurant miff

Alan Harris

 

An old couple,

both over 80,

look at menus.

He mumbles.

She scolds, "Oh,

you're always

disappointed."

Argument now....

An argument

60 years bitter--

stern faces,

trembling hands.

How many lifetimes

will they require

to smile, care, give,

feel smoother?

Love is nearer

to them than the

germ of an instant,

yet they fight on for

fleeting rightness.

Old antipathies

butt their heads,

bam bam bam,

straining old hearts

that do well just

to find their next

beat.


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