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.
From Just Below Now (2000)
by Alan Harris
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