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Recorded Reading (1:29): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tfhy8vnq01gmkiy0lu5um/To-the-Gentleman.m4a?rlkey=t8plp3m8sdqeejk3aji9ry3km&dl=0

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To the Gentleman With the Extra Obstreperous Wife

I have enjoyed
Watching the two of you
From the very beginning

The way you go
To your care of her
Every day, every hour

With a spring in your step
Which says clearly
To this observer:

There was a day
When this woman
Was so wonderful

Look at the home 
She made me ~
Isn’t it beautiful?

I’m priveledged
Honored
Grateful

To give some 
Of that beauty
Back to her now,

To be the person
Who remembers
How it was,

Who always knows
Where we are
And which way to turn,

Who we’re about to talk to,
Who we were talking to
Just then,

To keep this house
Solid around her
With its illusion

Of continued normalcy
For as long, please God, as one
Man can make it so

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