A Late Proposal

end over end
each piece
fitting into the next
all morning we worked I forgot
what I had been thinking
what had kept me
where nothing lives
well or easily
let’s live by a river
he said looking up at me
then the last plank
slipped into place
and then he asked me
would I yes

Mimi White

© 2008

jbf@fergus.com
Revised 3/27/2008