L’Amour Quotidien
I read love poems at breakfast and wept
For emotion expended and contained
While in the basement you ran on the treadmill
And I knew you did what you hated
For me
To extend our time because
30 years isn’t enough.
And we are both greedy for more.
Heidi Slettedahl is an academic and a US-UK dual national who goes by a slightly different name professionally. She is hoping to live up to her potential now that she is over 50. She has been published in a variety of online literary journals.
