Our
Little Round Table
We had a little round table in
the corner of our kitchen,
With three chairs and a high
chair:
His, mine, our young son’s, and
our baby daughter’s.
My husband and I sat across from
each other,
Our feet bare and entwined
beneath the table.
I buttered his bread – refreshed
his glass – and never thought behind or beyond the hour.
It was an inexpensive, wooden
table,
The only one at the time we could
afford.
Its top was of wood-grained
plastic.
Our son sat at it and wrote his
school-words,
And I drew my pictures.
My husband balanced our checkbook
and paid our bills there, as well.
It was a multi-purpose table.
That table didn’t go with us when
we moved away.
A long and costly rectangular
table took its place,
And beneath it, my husband and I couldn’t
reach each other’s feet anymore,
And eventually each other’s mind,
And finally each other’s heart.
We should have kept our little round
table.
©Linda Lee Greene ~ 2013
“Cradle of the Serpent” is Linda Lee Greene’s
latest novel is at goo.gl/i3UkAV
