Monday, November 28, 2022

Superlady

My wife, Diane, has super powers.
She hears things I cannot hear. 
She feels things I cannot feel. 
She smells things I cannot smell. 

She will lift a cup of milk to my nose: 
“Does this smell okay to you?” It smells 
Fine to me, but down the sink it goes. 

A single molecule of air slips through the window. 
“I feel a draft.” She says and shuts it tight. 
I feel no less cold for it, not that I was cold before. 

“What’s that noise?” She asks, 
As the car floats along as silent as a paper 
Clip, being dragged along a plastic desk. 

But the power over which I marvel most 
Is her ability to detect the slight acceleration 
Of my heartbeat each time I see her, 
Especially when I don’t expect it.

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