Well, you're in town, then. The boys
from the class reunion wander in
and take their places in the corner booth,
just as they might have fifty years ago --
grayer, balding, wearing hats announcing
places far away. Their conversation
rises, falls to the inevitable -- a missing
friend who worked right up until the end,
another who is long past traveling. Smiles
grow distant as their silence overtakes
the room. The busy waitress pauses,
nods. She's always known the boys.
Mark Vinz, Local News: Poetry about Small Towns (MWPH Books, 2019)
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