6/4/10

Our Weekends
By Jerry Halifax


When the weekend starts, I always find myself in your arms. When the weekend starts, and the phone rings, I always hear your mother asking, voice still quivering after all this time:

“Is Jeff there?”

Even your response hangs unchanging:

“Yes he is, mother.” You look at me, that smile, that playful grin I love. “Would you like to talk to him?”

And then, that soft, sudden pause, like the expected silence between rhythms in a favorite song.

“No, that’s okay, dear.” She says. “I won’t keep you. You boys enjoy your weekend.”

I smile. We’re in love.

We can’t help but enjoy our weekends together.


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Jerry Halifax resides in Hoboken, NJ, but has lived in Hong Kong, Missouri, Nevada, and Adelaide.