In Relationship
She used to tell me things
maybe of no significance
like on her wasy to work
she’d angle the tail
of the mustang
on her steering wheel
up or down
to signal her mood.
Who else would know that
about her?
And why now
after all these years
do I remember this?
This tiny detail
either does or doesn’t
make a difference
but its another layer of knowledge–
the dailyness
of what we can know
of the mind of another.
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Yes, what we know or remember of someone else is sometimes so random, but we look for meaning. I love the idea of adjusting to fit the mood!
Reminds me of a Dwight Yoakam lyric
But there’s some things that I just know
Like you take two sugars with a splash of cream
Exactly
ahhh, yes…”but its another layer of knowledge–
the dailyness
The tiny details–what we recall in relationships. Set like a gem here in this poem.