Interlude for A Solitary Flute
What is the age of the couple
of whom there is only one left?
She spoke only a little French,
he spoke a lot.
She was very fond of fruit
and ate it every day.
He liked meat
and that was that.
They both loved
that famous line of
Chinese poetry.
The ambulance stopped
at the wrong house,
losing time.
Here is their house
surrounded by violet clover
and flashing lights.
Who is that weeping,
which one is that,
husband or wife?
Such a high, solitary,
silver note…
