Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Poetic Asides/Poetic Bloomings 1-1 introduction

 Introduced to a New Feeling

 

I met an old friend of the family

at another friend’s yardsale.

He put his hand on my shoulder,

looked me in the eye and said,

“I’m sorry.” “What for?” I asked.

I couldn’t imagine what he had done

since I hadn’t seen him for months.

“Your husband’s passing,” he said.

“He didn’t” I said. “He’s still alive.”

He was glad to get that straightened out.

And I was introduced to the feeling

of receiving sympathy for a new widow.

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