Ten Years Pass
And if this happens
in a movie the hero
always returns to
his lover with
a moustache. This
shows the world:
I am older now,
and even though
I could have grown
a mustache before,
I did not. And if I had
grown a mustache
before, and then
shaved it, and showed
up on her doorstep,
imagine how confusing
that would be! His lover,
who had never forgotten
him, would open the door
and kiss him furtively and
say What happened to
your mustache and he
would smile and take her hand
in his and say It is gone
Ten years have passed
and whisper something
about love and immortality
and whatnot and she would
smile shyly and hold him
close to her carefully hiding
her downy lip for ten years
have definitely passed
somewhere