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This Love Story

After fourteen years, I have learned This love tells a different story The rhapsody of wrinkled sheets I share with you The eternity of your snoring I can no longer sleep without Your fathomless reservoir Of lame jokes I still laugh at I would even miss the annoyance Of your declarations on how other people should drive I'm sure this love Looks quietus, looks dull Unworthy of song or scribe But this unremarkable, everyday, bill-paying, grocery-shopping, house-cleaning, alarm-clock morning, lawn-mowing, dog-washing, dinner-making, car-maintaining, laundry-folding love Is what fills my heart, and makes me whole. 3/18/2018

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Line Gauthier

Date: 4/10/2018 10:33:00 PM

What a lovely write, Michelle. Raw and delightful. Congrats on your well deserved win.

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 4/12/2018 2:53:00 PM

Thank you for your kind words!

Constance La France

Date: 4/3/2018 3:33:00 PM

Michelle, congratulations on your win in my contest with this lovely write . . .

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 4/6/2018 8:42:00 AM

Thank you, appreciate that-

Gershon Wolf

Date: 3/18/2018 10:13:00 PM

ala Fiddler on the Roof?! "Goldie, Do you love me?" "Do I what?! "Do you love me?' You're a fool! For 25 years I've cooked for you, cleaned for you, ...After 25 years why ask about love right now?!..." Reg. your magnum opus: The patience of you women is saintly. But then again, you are saints compared to men---and you CAN tell my wife I said so. After all , she already knows!! This was quite an enjoyable read, Michelle! :) gw

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 3/19/2018 8:21:00 AM

I never saw Fiddler on the Roof - should check it out! Thanks as always for your entertaining comments!

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 3/18/2018 8:44:00 AM

This is genuine, from the heart, and explains why you are still together after 14 years. Nicely-written. The last stanza was right-on.

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 3/18/2018 9:18:00 AM

Thank you for your lovely comment, Caren

Silent One

Date: 3/18/2018 8:36:00 AM

Lovely poem and a realistic love story..

Michelle Faulkner
Date: 3/18/2018 9:19:00 AM

So appreciate your comment, Silent One