Two, alone
Exclusively so
Though face to face, devoted avoidance
Fears dismissed, mutual
One disregarding the other, taking pains not to inquire
The other feeling the sting and leaving it lie
Aggressive in the leaving
One claims ownership of pain and will not identify it elsewhere
The other’s aches compounded by
Being made to eat them
The other contends the first is incapable of change
Finished, flaws glazed and final
Irrevocable
Neither ailment nor loss will move one to the other
Seated at either end of the table
Thin wisps of history and obligation between them
Not seeing, not hearing
Stubbornly separate
Folding farther inward
Contracting
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