A Time the Lights Went Out April 29, 2008
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We were watching
the channel 13 news
at 5:30 with Kiley Bennett
He in his recliner
and me sideways
on the couch
with my legs stretched out.
There’d been a killing
in Portland, a car crash
on I-95 near mile marker 14
with two fatalities, and
tornadoes in the Midwest.
Then nothing. The screen
went black and our minds
went blank. We looked
at each other. Now what?
“Want to play cribbage?”
We got the cards and board out,
I moved closer to him
and we started playing, laughing,
smirking, swearing, chuckling.
Then the TV blinked
back on and we put
the cards away.
I returned to my couch
and the news,
unsmiling.
3 comments:
girl,, i never ever ever watch the news in any form... i like to glean what i feel is responsible reporting from the net,, and do my own summarizing....
my husband's younger brother tom was killed in a car wreck on I-95 between Portland and Waterville a couple of years ago. A tragic waste. We wish the lights had stayed out so we didn't have to find out:(
Very nice Linda! I was searching for cribbage on google and found your poem. Thank you for sharing. I hope you don't mind I linked to you at my cribbage blog, Cribbaholics Unanimous.
Cheers!
Joe
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