what was that? is that all there is? who is this? this is it.

 

 

 

It's a Day Like Any Other

 

The old couple are weeding
Side by side in the garden,
Their dog right behind them
Wagging his tail eager to help.

Living in complete ignorance
Of what goes on in the world
Is the well-guarded secret
Of their lifelong happiness.

Sleepwalkers in love, watch them
Reach for each other’s hand
When their day’s work is done,
Pure as angels and proud as devils.

 

---Charles Simic

 

 

 

 

 

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pilder said...

Like Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, it helps to be a little deaf.

Posted September 19, 2020 09:25 AM | Reply to this comment

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