1981. And All is Well

Once you've

Recovered

From that

Little spat

And he hasn't

Quite yet,

You can sit

And smile.

Just wait a while

Till he realizes

All is well.

Happily Married in San Francisco

1980. Er, Welcome Back, I Guess...

I've returned!

He declared.

I didn't know

You'd gone,

I responded.

He wondered

A while

What might

Be amiss.

In his absence

I'd met

And married

A prince.

Happily Married in San Francisco

1979. Small Pleasures

Happiness

On a guilded

Plate

Comes

In small

Frozen

Packages.

There's

Very little

A spoonful

Of ice cream

Can't improve.

Happily Married in San Francisco

1978. Tax Day Evening

It's Tax day eve,

Or rather,

Tax day evening -

Just hours

Before

The deadline,

Now that

It's been stretched

To mid-October.

Not like New Years

Or Christmas

And even less

Like Easter,

It's the sound

Of grim typing

Nearby,

Someone knowing

It may be best

To file

In mid-March

Next year.

Happily Married In San Francisco

1977. A Misguided Flicker of Gratification

If he says

Something

He probably

Doesn't mean,

Do I

Have the right

To respond

In kind?

Certainly.

Why,

I know

It does no

Good

But only

Feels somewhat

Gratifying

In the moment.

Happily Married in San Francisco

1976. Roughshod

Funny

Riding roughshod

Over feelings

Never feels

As good

The next day

We realize it

Hours too late

After

At least some

Damage

Is done

Happily Married in San Francisco

1974. Riding Sunbeams

How can I
Keep
The beauty
Of the sky
In my mind's
Eye
At least
To remember
How it makes
My heart fly
As though
I could skip,
Dance, leap,
Soar, dive
Riding
On a sunbeam
As the day
Glides
Gracefully
Into night


Life in San Francisco