For Sheri on her birthday:
“Did you get
a good-morning
kiss?”
I ask.
“No, I don’t think so.”
You reply,
even though I
know that’s not true.
Some couples won’t
speak for years
because of some
small lie.
So, how do
I feel?
Like a kid
who just heard
“No school - it’s
a snow day today.”
Like a person
who reached into
his jacket pocket
on the first day
of fall,
and pulled out
two twenty-dollar
bills.
Those people just
think they have
all the luck.
I know better
though,
because it’s
been over
thirty years,
and
just one kiss
is still
not enough.