#26 Matinee (Patrick Phillips)

¿A quién no le emociona ver una pareja de ancianos caminando juntos, cogidos de la mano o celebrando con ilusión un nuevo aniversario? 

Para celebrar el amor matrimonial, este poema lo tiene todo: la escapada de un cita de juventud, el dolor compartido, la tragedia, la épica, la comedia, el lenguaje compartido, la compañía más elocuente que las palabras. 

MATINEE

After the biopsy,   

after the bone scan,   

after the consult and the crying,   

for a few hours no one could find them,   

not even my sister,   

because it turns out   

they'd gone to the movies.   

Something tragic was playing,   

something epic,   

and so they went to the comedy   

with their popcorn   

and their cokes,   

the old wife whispering everything twice,   

the old husband   

cupping a palm to his ear,   

as the late sun lit up an orchard   

behind the strip mall,   

and they sat in the dark holding hands.