At 6 o’clock he meets his bus
At 7:10 she meets hers
Two youthful hearts that
once shared a summer’s heat
now live in parallel lines
separated
by 20 years
by 70 minutes
At 6AM he
builds a career
loses some hair
sends a son off to college
separates amicably from a woman he barely knows
At 7:10 she
bears a daughter
cuts off her long hair
gets her masters
buries a loveless marriage beneath work and soccer tournaments
One day in March he
overlooks his bedside clock
fails to spring ahead
arrives at 6 (his time)
catches the 7:10 (her time)
boards amid sleepy-eyed strangers
spies a familiar face
utters
a word
a name
a question
and at that moment
parallel lines
intersect
[…] Here’s one of them: Non-Euclidean Geometry […]
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