with book or television, tablet or ,inevitably, a phone.
Two people in two rooms apart
engaged in what's desired in individual hearts.
Three scattered through the house, a tragedy in trio of rooms
trying to shatter their sense of broken relationship gloom.
Four members of a family drawn and quartered,
isolated, unity with others duly thwarted.
A meal together 'round the table some night soon
might be a helpful remedy, a boon
to what they once enjoyed and now just miss:
conversation, hugs, the occasional sweet kiss.
Whether few or more or even if a tribe,
frequent "us" is what the doctor now prescribes.
(c) Ellen Gillette, 2014
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