A Last Couple of Things

We went
To the church
Flea market
Taking things
And returning with more in
Number
Than we brought

We went to see Penzance
At the movies
The film
With Kevin Kline
And Linda Ronstadt
Rex Smith
And George someone
(if I say
I’m going to say it
wrong)

And the characters of cops
Who moved so fluidly
In dancing
As if the vertebrae
Could be so
Flexible
So sinuous

And that is what
I can recall
Though maybe there was more
But this is difficult
You understand
One
Two
Of the harder
Pleasant
Things
There are to recall

Then she relapsed
And finally was
Still

Fit for heaven
Finally
Though she had proved
Potential
Aptitude
And skill
Long before

Faith
Long ago
While in our mortal days

C L Couch


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