Thursday, July 7, 2011

Meeting Half-way


"Let's meet in the morning," you wrote in a rush.
"Somewhere convenient," I say,
Thinking we'll find an easy place to get into,
someplace about half-way.

I pick a location that's still four-fifths the way there,
more convenient for you to drive;
Oh, no--"come downtown," you write me right back;
--can't believe that you're throwing this jive.

So I'll meet you there--
thirty-miles into town;
(You might want to check on a map
how the distance from my house and your house
to there, ain't even close to being half.)