ONCE AGAIN
I FIND MYSELF DOWN ON ONE KNEE BEFORE HER
AS I WAS WHEN I PROPOSED
NEARLY FOURTEEN YEARS AGO
IN FRONT OF LULUS ALIBI
A CAFE ON SANTA MONICA AND SAWTELLE
LULUS IS GONE NOW
WERE STILL HERE
WERE IN OUR ROOM
THE ROOM IS WARM YELLOW WALLS
DARK BROWN FURNITURE
A BUMBLE BEE THEME
BORN OF MY MOTHERS NICKNAME FOR HER
SUEBEE
SHE SITS ON THE BED
IN FRONT OF HER LAPTOP
OUR BABY LAYS IN HER LAP
OUR SONS PLAY
ONE QUIET ONE SHOUTING
ONCE AGAIN
ANOTHER DAY HAS TAUGHT ME
HOW THANKFUL I MUST BE FOR HER
I ABSORB THE SIGHT AND SOUND OF HER
THEY ARE LIKE A DRUG TO ME
THE CASUAL BEAUTY OF HER UNTIED HAIR
PAJAMAS AND BARE FEET
HER EASY BEAMING SMILE
AND HOW CAN IT BE
BUT MORE GOOD NEWS FROM HER LIPS
IT SILENCES MY CHATTERING BRAIN
MELTS THE TENSION IN MY MUSCLES
ONCE AGAIN
ON MY KNEE
I THANK HER
THANK GOD
THANK IT ALL
THANK EVERY TWIST AND TURN OF FATE
THAT BROUGHT HER TO ME
SHE STOPS ME
THERE IS A REVERSAL
THEN SHE IS THANKING ME
AT FIRST IT SOUNDS
LIKE SOME GIBBERED FOREIGN LANGUAGE
THEN I ACCEPT IT
AND FILL UP
FILL TILL BURSTING FULL OF STRENGTH
AND IM READY TO
ONCE AGAIN
SERVE HER ANOTHER DAY
I GET UP OFF MY KNEE
GO TO THE FRIDGE
AND NUKE US SOME BURRITOS
ANOTHER SMALL MOMENT
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