Words from the Front

"Words from the Front"
by Ron Padgett, from How to Be Perfect. © Coffee House Press, 2007.
From The Writer's Almanac

We don't look as young
as we used to
except in dim light
especially in
the soft warmth of candlelight

















when we say
in all sincerity
You're so cute
and
You're my cutie.
Imagine
two old people
behaving like this.
It's enough
to make you happy.