9/20/2003

I couldn’t help
overhearing
their conversation
not
that I tried.
It was
a public place
though they were
in a world
of their own
the long silences
between
some things said
and heard
sacred waiting ground
a full measure
of effect
sinking in
before they continued
evolving a connection
of the most intimate
nature.
It was a privilege
to eavesdrop
on
such an exchange
between
a man
and a woman.