For the first time
I call on emergency respite
so I can go out:
chiropractor today,
doctor next week.
How will he cope with this,
being baby-sat like a child?
When I come home,
they are watching Shakespeare in Love.
She hasn’t seen it before.
‘You don’t have to leave,’ he says,
as she rises and gathers her bag.
‘Stay and watch the rest.’
She sits back down at once.
At the end, when she does leave,
they hug each other goodbye.
‘See you Monday!’
