Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Nursing Valentine

I nursed an impulse
Into a desperation
To see you again
 
Until it became a constant
And pervasive mood
Of expectation and excitement
 
A whirl of drunkenness
In which I was never
More sober or clear
 
So much could get settled
At that hundredth meeting
As at that first
 
Now I see you a young mother
Alone with two small babies
And the world at war

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