would you mind moving back in line so that i might go ahead
"yes i said, i'll spend my life with you.
(that was after nearly ten years of doublecrossings-
it was a peculiar choice but it felt good, didnt it dear."
she poked his rib with her elbow
and did you know you were the same people,
that is, later when you met in new york?
'i would have thought she was a lovely woman even if she hadnt been who she is' he said
a black pearl net of mock outrage fell over her face onto her neck, then she noticed the jewel and smiled. the interview went on
"we met and at first did not know eachother. but as we chatted it suddenly became clear to me. this was moshe! the boy behind the fence, the funny boy who had been my friend as a child!"
and what happened after that?
"we were in shock, we just stared at eachother. my heart was bursting"
so you used to reach through the fence and give him apples every thursday?
"i did, and cheese and bread and grapes. we had a farm, with a riding stable for dressage, many of the children of officials rode there. he was so thin but so intelligent and unafraid. my mother would allow me to take the baskets to him. it was our secret."
'we grew up together on different sides during the war. when i was moved out I never saw her again and she never knew if i survived. years later when i got here and received citizenry i voted and i gained a sense of entitlement so i started questioning officials as to her whereabouts. I went to the embassy and filed a missing persons report but they never found her'
(you should have known greta, that i would find you eventually he laughed even if dead i would come to haunt you
well it took you long enough she said, i was almost an old maid!
you were an old maid but you are still my little blond gurlyque
oh shush you are such a beast)
so, now how long have you known eachother?
that would be seventy-two years he said and they smiled
but we have been married ten
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would you mind moving out of line so i can go first he said
as if! ha ha i laughed, maybe in your dreams
oops ok he said. uh, i am blind you know.
yeah my doctor said so
are you demented too i asked politely
leave her alone greta implored, shaking her head
she's counting change cant you see?
but i am blind said he
