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Spring in the Hallway

"If nothing happens, the dust will
     drift and the heat deepen," from
     REASONS TO LIVE by Amy Hempel

He meets her as he does
everyday in the school hallway;
conversations, the looking up
and the looking down.
   If nothing happens, the dust will
   drift and the heat deepen.

Tonight he meets her at his car;
the shutting of a door
the sound of rev and music,
the driving here, the driving there.
   If nothing happens, the dust will
   drift and the heat deepen.

Tomorrow he will meet her
in the school hallway and
find her staring at the carpet dust.
   The heat has deepened,
   but nothing has happened.

Why she asks, are you looking up and
down, and driving all around?
Why the heat of car?  Why the heat of
music, and why the heat of this hallway?
   Summer is coming, George.  SUMMER!
   I fear the dust has settled.

Copyright © Carol Louise Moon | Year Posted 2024