by Sonya Aronowitz
Now she uses both fork and knife
to cut
Through toast, potatoes, and
omelette,
As he pleads the case for a pinch
of pepper – “or salt?”
She looks through her spectacles
As if he has again
misread
Each for each
A carrot for an orange
A half glass for a demi-tasse
A brass band for a string quartet
As if he did not know
Last night’s first movement
From the very start,
Should have been adagio
(Ma non troppo)
Mind you, last night
She could not reset the tempo
Of the second movement,
or the third
Leading to the finale con molto brio
(Ma non gratificano)
This afternoon —
She will drive to the concert at Richardson:
Solo majestico.
Sonya Aronowitz is Director of Gift Planning for the Springpoint Foundation, in Princeton. The Foundation is the philanthropic and community outreach arm of Springpoint Senior Living. She is a member of Passage Theatre’s Playwrights Unit.
