Exodus

Exodus

The thinning now proceeds apace—

Possessions flee the house,

While Joyce and I are dancing to

A waltz by Johann Strauss.

Oh, yes, so very many things

Acquired throughout our years

Elicit, when they leave, our laughs—

But soon will come the tears.

For (next) the things that leave us

In our fierce, intent campaign

Will be some things whose absence will

Create a biting pain,

A pain we’ll feel forever when

We view an empty wall—

Or just until that day when we

Can feel no pain at all.

Soon he showed himself a phony

In our conversazione. 

Shakespeare Couplet:  Romeo and Juliet

“With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls,”

He says, so near his lover’s family halls. (2.2)