We read old courting letters
and laughed at love in its infancy.
written to text,
sketched in pencil,
titled “Couple of Texans”.
She there, I here, separately
seeking summer employ.
Hoed Mom’s taters,
trimmed the terrace ash trees,
washed and waxed Dad’s Olds.
I did those things, I didn’t,
did I?
palmer haynes
march 31, 2006
