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At 11:40 AM 6/7/97 -0400, you wrote: >Especially for Rita, and other associated poets: :-) > >Rita's lovely poem,"For Better or for Worse" reminded me so much of this one I >wrote 4 years ago for Peter on our 50th anniversary, that I can't resist >sharing it--non-poetry buffs may delete NOW! :-) > > > HOW LONG IS A MARRIAGE? > > As long as it takes > to sign your name to a piece of paper > or > as long as the thousands of mornings you wake > side by side > in bed. > > As long as the breath > between wondering, > and deciding to say > "yes"--- > or > as the years of moving from here to there > packing > unpacking, > losing things in the process > then acquiring more. > > How long is a marriage? > As long as making up after the first fight > or > as the years of struggling > to understand each other--- > probing in the quiet darkness > for the sources of laughter > and tears. > > As long as the words, "I love you" > and > as the years of saying then again and again--- > but never long enough > to end the litany: > "I love you." > > CHF, for Peter, 6-24-93 > > >Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter, 78/7, Oxford,Ohio >[log in to unmask] >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * >"Ask me about the CARE list for PD caregivers!" >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * > see why mom and i like you. me never go to sleep with out a kiss and the first first thing in the moring with tight hug. of couse little feel ha ha. that is love. tell tell each other right. I.Y.Q. don