Last Night

We stay up late, laying in the yard eagerly looking north to see the comet passing. Eventually we drive up the hill above the valley lights to sit and watch the dark sky. Stars everywhere up there, and planets too. At last I see the faint hazy glow of the comet’s tail, and we take turns looking through binoculars. You and me, like on a date, up at the end of a dirt road. We don’t kiss, we don’t even hold hands, but when you exclaim with innocent delight how marvelous it all is - the comet, the heavens, the planets, this planet - I think, I could spend a life with you. (for Carol, 7/18/20)