Our Simple Rhyme

(for Jane, since 1966)

I am Mary,

you are Jane,

two old gals

not the same:

You’re petite.

I am tall.

I am big.

You are small.

You keep people.

I keep dogs.

You wear sneakers.

I wear clogs.

I eat sugar.

You do not.

You feel chilly.

I feel hot.

You go flying.

I stay home.

You run meetings.

I’m alone.

I like words.

You like numbers.

You use fingers.

I’m all thumber.

I gulp coffee.

You sip tea.

I have mountains.

You, the sea.

My home and
my heart are small;
yours, both larger,
all in all.

I am here,

you are there,

and both of us

are everywhere.

Having what

the other lacks

we are filling

all the cracks

fate keeps making

trouble of.

Modus operandi:

love.