Best of Times
By Beth Miller
For Lori & Scott

Miserably sick, standing by the side of the road
Next to a moving truck with all the woman's belongings
Two terrorized cats panicking in the parked car
Surrounded by Highway helpers and state troupers
And firemen and all the emergency vehicles
Watching the inferno the broken truck caused.
Out of her apartment an hour ago;
Couldn't check into their new apartment for four more hours.
And how was he going to move his stuff from his apartment
If the engine was blown on the truck?
He turned to the woman he loved
Whose life he was going to share
From this day forward and said,
"Man, it just doesn't get any better than this."


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