i wasn't listening.
not that i didn't care
about what they were saying.

it just didn't matter.
i was two tables away
but
thirty-six years
and
ancient galaxies apart
and still moving.

they laughed, and inside
i did too,
just because they did.
i was sorta with them.
happy that they were there.

both, they and i are happy now.

until ...

04/25/2005