Anniversary

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Anniversary

“Where did the time go?”
asks a woman to her husband
of twenty years next month. I like what your doing with time here.  Is the husband 20, have they been married 20
“I don't know,” he replies
whimsically, without thinking. And how you use tone to change the meaning of a phrase that seeks meaning.

She fakes a smile,
his disappears. The contrast and intersection here tie the people together

“I don't know,” he repeats,
his tone different.
“I know dear, I know,” she comforts, in this ambiguous understanding
pretending to have an answer.that you seem to understand very well

I still don't really know what prose is