You: What are you thinking about?
Me: Same thing I always —
You: Oh, God …
Me: That’s exactly right
You: And me, I’m thinking about
what I always think about, too …
(a pause, we snuggle in)
…the house — how to build it,
what to do next

The wonder of it is
that we can come together,
or almost — good enough
to keep the project going
day after week after year.

©Wendy Mulhern
October 17, 2019