he watches the couple in the next booth
conversing without rancor
and wonders how that can be
his wife of too many years
eats her salmon through pursed lips
speaking still without saying a word
angry again
angry always
affronted and ungrateful
she blankets her world with disapproval
he starts to open his mouth
thinks to force a conversation
but talk is worse
talk is misery
discontentment given flight
instead, he forces another bite of shepherds pie
and glances again at the nearby booth
where the woman in profile
smiles an impossible smile
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