12/29/2003

They drove
as always
Lookout
at the wheel
Business
in the back seat
talking
mostly to himself
but loud enough
for Lookout
whom he trusted
with his life
to hear
what was necessary
while concentrating
on his priority
getting both men
to their destination
by the appointed hour
for Business
to hold forth
on what was paid for.
Each man
had come to
respect the other
for his part
in what
they did together
though
it had taken years
each at times
frustrated beyond bearing
before realizing
who they were
and
what had to be done
that would make them
forever inseparable
more like one
than two.