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Stolen Love

Mike Berger, Ph.D.

My focus was broken; someone
stood beside me. I broke my gaze
from the painting. A young woman
was standing beside me.

“It’s gorgeous”, she observed. “Yes”,
I replied. And so are you, I whispered
to myself. “The artist has another
picture over there,” she said pointing.

We walked together to the other
painting. “I love his work,” she
mused. “So do I” I replied. She
smiled deeply, and my heart
fluttered. “Would you join me for
a cup of coffee?” I choked out.
She paused for a moment as her
hand toyed with her wedding band.
She looked deep into my eyes and
replied, “I’d like that.”

In the mid-day the coffee shop was
empty; we had the place to ourselves.
We talked and laughed and enjoyed
each other. She got serious when I
told her I was a poet. She wanted to
hear some of my work.

I mused for a moment then spoke
a few lines about my loneliness.
Tears came to her eyes she said that
sounded so much like her. There was
pain in her eyes when she said, “My
husband doesn’t know I exist.” She
put her hand on mine and asked if I
would come home with her. She
laughed at my look and said, “My
husband is out of town for a week.

There were no shams or charades.
She took off her wedding band with
her clothes. We made love. Talking
afterwards, she said that she loved
her husband, but—-. We made love
again. I thought as she slept that
her husband must be an ass. How
could anyone ignore this woman?

I had to get up in the morning and
go to work at my part time job. She
touched my cheek and said she here
when I got off work,

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