carrots and tomatoes, today
an orange, red, yellow situation
grounded, willing, working through the hours

white and pink, that day
wedding cake, punch, people I had always known
years ahead, anticipated

same day on the calendar
a mere thirty six years apart
once an anniversary, still one, but no celebration

it is much easier now
I hardly acknowledge whatever significance exists
finality allows for little except
     the end, followed by a thousand beginnings
          hence the carrots and tomatoes, today