They are making pancakes
for dinner
their son is long asleep
she is singing along to Joni Mitchell
I really don’t know cows at all
it’s clouds
he says.
It is remarkable
this ability she has
to get lyrics wrong
and yet she sings
with such mettle
never misses a beat
integrating his edits
seamlessly
shamelessly.
Another night
hungry
or frustrated by his work
it might have annoyed him
ever so slightly
why does she guess every song is by BTO
but tonight he tells her she deserves
a 6.5 out of 2
it is the beginning of a night
when nothing will happen
except dishes
a few phone calls
bits of a movie
and this
an unadorned moment
of devotion.
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