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2011-08-21T22:15:54-07:00August 21st, 2011|Musings on life|

Beautiful

She taught him the signs
they recommend:

milk
more
please
thank you.

But secretly
she found it a rather boring
way to talk
so she taught him
new words like

beautiful.

It was one of his favourite words
but he used it sparingly
reserving it for
their sofa
dish soap
her bright orange scarf.

One day
she stopped to give some change
to a man
who asked for some.

Everything about him
was ragged and hollow
and he smelled like
warm garbage.

Her child stared
like he stared at
everything
and then he made the sign

beautiful.

She couldn’t say for sure
if the man knew what it meant
but he signed it
right back
and the two of them
smiled at first and then shook
with laughter.

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