Happiness as Seen Through the Eyes of an Outsider
Outside the window
children play
dogs bark
trucks hit potholes
that rattle tools in their rusty beds
inside the window
a woman
slices onions
peels fifty pounds of potatoes
glances
outside the window
watches the cars go by
the trucks
the children
the rain
she bends low to turn the oven
up high
later
inside the window
you'll see her
wipe her hands on a dish towel
turn out the light
open the back door
take a short cut
to the cemetery
where she'll walk as a moonlit
shadow through concrete paths
weaving in and out of bones
that held full measures
hands that held
full cups
happiness and pain
tragedy and joy
love
and in the morning before the last star
leaves the sky
you'll see her again
outside the window
moving fast against the wind
icy off the river
in and out
of the concrete paths
her head wrapped in a black scarf
her heart
wrapped
in a
white
shroud.
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