They sat together like that, two old-boned birds
on the edge of a wishing well,
wondering when the other would fall asleep on all the
years of park bench they had known as a four-armed
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Derek Keck is an American poet from Northeast Ohio. His third book of poems, I Dreamed I Loved a Ghost, was published in 2015. All three of his books are available at the Books-A-Million and Barnes and Noble online stores. The author is a graduate from Kent State University.)
The Old Couple
They sat together like that, two old-boned birds
on the edge of a wishing well,
wondering when the other would fall asleep on all the
years of park bench they had known as a four-armed
entity, wrapped in ice creams and bed sheets.
They sat together, huddled against the earth for an hour,
in the confines of love and death.