The Lesson

The Lesson

There was this couple sitting behind me this morning, in the Elger Bay Cafe,

She was obese.  He was a grump.

Both sitting like lumps – not looking at each another,

reading their books ~ alone

It saddened me,

but thought – oh well, to each his own

Finally she spoke up,

When will the Benchmarks meet?

Find out for yourself! ~ he snapped back real mean

I almost came out of my seat!

Held tight

I was going to say when I got ready to leave,

Be nice to your wife

She'll be caring for you when you’re sick,

and dying

Then on second thought, what was the use of me trying…

to make it better,

It’s not my life

She’s not my wife

So I kept my big mouth closed,

Shut up when I rose,

and left,

saddened, upset

never to forget,

the lesson I gained,

the morning of June the second,

on a drippy cold day in the rain

still feeling their pain, all the same

ldn