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If the World Ended Tonight

Christopher Hivner

They walked hand in hand
through ankle-deep fall leaves.
The shuffling and crunching
covered their words so neither heard
how unhappy the other was
but could feel it in the loose grip of their hands
and uncaring stares straight ahead.

So his mind drifted
to the money he had in a secret bank account
and what he would do with it
when the day came
when she said the wrong thing
and he could twist it
to leave with a purpose.
He wanted to be the sympathetic one,
didn’t want to openly hurt her,
just wanted out.

They were on a path now,
stones and dirt grinding beneath their feet.
He could hear her, if she spoke,
but the silence stretched between them,
a rope over a chasm.

So she slipped away
to be with her lover
as she was last night.
She could still smell him on her skin
and wondered if her husband could as well.
She could still feel him between her legs
and pondered if, during their sex this morning,
her husband felt him too.

They approached the car, a prison bus,
to take them back to lockdown.
He opens the door for his wife.
She thanks him with a kiss and a smile.
He walks to the driver side
with hope of another slam in bed
when they get home.

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