Beginning and End

Forty years ago
she knew, she
knew it in her heart
and soul and brain
just what she wanted
and she did it. When
she did, the earth did not
stop spinning as a sign
that she was bad, the earth
did not start moving as a sign
that she was good
(that would come later).
And a few days after
when she did it
once or twice again
and said that she felt
married, it was true.
But when they heard the
car door slam outside,
they stopped,
and then he left,
and that was it.
One weekend out of
two millenium,
the end and the beginning
lay entwined but
they were unaware.


(c) Ellen Gillette, 2015