WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE

 

She was explaining to me

why she thought we hadn't

made it;

that is, what I had done

wrong

and I said that was water

under the bridge. And

she said

didn't I want to know so

I could

avoid the same mistakes

next time

and I said no because

next time

it would be someone else

and

I'd be free to make a

whole lot

of new mistakes and she

said she

thought that was cynical

and I

said maybe it was but

that wasn't

her problem anymore either,

which kind of left a

gap in

the conversation, which I

took advantage of to

get up

and say goodbye and

move on

down the street to

whatever came

next which would then in

its turn

become more water under

the bridge

but what the hell, if

it's flowing,

then at least it isn't

stagnant,

right?

 

Albert Huffstickler