Tuesday, May 9, 2023

May 9, 2023

 




LASTING

 

Diamonds – so too rubies – so too

our grandfather’s gold pocket watch ….

They sit there in boxes on our bedroom bureau

to be noticed when we are moving – like

to a nursing home – or when we die.

But what really lasts is a nasty comment,

an affair or the moment we met our spouse.

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello


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