we met at the wedding
of a union buster.
I was wondering why
the double
helix was so
important. why
not just a ladder?
“oh, it was tough,
but, whaddya gonna do, you know?”
laughs all around. genuine
belly ones after a joke.
the kind of joke you hear
at weddings.
you thought I was dressed to casually,
and you said so. imagine,
to admonish a stranger like that.
“no, I’m doing real good there,”
good for you,
“yeah, they like me there a lot.”