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Married Couple
He loves her.
We know this
by the bottom
coat button left
open so that he
does not pop it
when he sits down.
Wear your top coat,
it's damp and your
topper too, she told
him before they tubed
to the theatre. He
carries an unlit cigar
though she cannot
stand them. He merely
remarks, A man's got to
have some sport now,
doesn't he? It is a cigar
that has been lit, stubbed,
saved, and carried. She
has the umbrella. He's
checked that she remembers
it at each place along with
her pocketbook. Their
squareness and tightness
frames and fits them together
solemnly like a simple two
piece puzzle. Two faces
mirroring each other as they
walk with opposing feet
along their path to eternity.
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