By Blue Angel
Date: 2001 Aug 09
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Waiting


When you were a child,
did you ever imagine
that you would end up
alone...at this age?

Still waiting...waiting for that day,
waiting for the one to change your life...

Have you stopped looking,
content with tea at 10:00,
reading the obituaries
as gusts sweep through an open window
and ruffle the wrinkled pages?

Did you know she sits across town,
sipping her evening cocktail
while Tabby laps catnip, unaware that she passed
the love of her life, near the feminine hygiene section,
Thursday last?

Waiting still...waiting still, for that day
will come. And she will change your life...