A friend Helen and her husband of 62 years. I ran into them this morning, They had something special between them. I could feel it in the silence, the way they made each other giggle, just the way the were together. It stayed with me all day.Tonight
Like other nights
My husband reads
Books
Silently
Sitting or
Lying
Propped in bed
Soft pillows
Arms
0f drafting lights
Pulled toward him
Type illuminated
Heavy pages
Turned over and over
Lovingly
The books
0pened carefully
Closed softly
The game
0f hide and seek
Marriage
0f read
And writer
Consummated
In a bed
I share
with them
He sleeps
Elain Martin James
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