HOW DO YOU TALK TO A PERSON
How do you talk to a person
who looks like a corpse? How
do you exchange pleasantries?
How do you say, “What a beautiful
day?” So I say, “What a beautiful day.”
How do you say, “It looks like rain?”
So I say, “It looks like rain.” How
do you say, “It smells like fall.”
So I say, “It smells like fall.” How
do you look her in the eye, the
neighbor who looks like a corpse?
So I look her in the eye. How do
you touch her hand and say, “Take
care. See you tomorrow?” So I touch
her hand and say, “Take care. See
you tomorrow.” How do you talk
to a person who looks like death
without closing your eyes, without
exhaling the longest sigh you have
ever in your life sighed, without
crying inside so she cannot hear,
without glancing up at her husband
in the driver’s seat and not let him
hear what your eyes are saying?
So I say, “What a beautiful day.”
