Old Times (by Peter Marin)
Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on May 31st, 2010 @ 04:33:47 pm , using 159 words, 45 views
Published on May 31st, 2010 @ 04:33:47 pm , using 159 words, 45 views
Old Times
I am looking
for a note from you
and "Seven Easy Dinners" comes up
on the screen and suddenly
I remember how we left
the food on our plates
that first night, coming
home to fuck. Say yes to all things
and they come back to bite you
on the ass. Why not? It is
days now and the message
you promised has not come.
Forty years younger, why should
you care? I thought you might
have grown fat but at lunch
you were slimmer than ever
and more beautiful. I am playing
the music I love, Bach sonatas,
on the stereo, but my heart
does not lift, and I eat
leftovers from the fridge --
stale chicken, dry cheese --
having learned at my age
nothing is easy: not dinner, not love.
--Peter Marin
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