So Much About It Must Remain Unsaid

They're just back from Morrocco. I see
you smart, our English holidays. They 'did' the souk,
she says, they got themselves a guide. In retrospect
probably got ripped off. One price for tourists.
This pleases you. I see the glint of eye. She says
he bought three rugs.Is having them shipped back.
We'll see those rugs next time. Will have to
walk amid their tufts with our bare toes.
All admiration.Those patterns! On their knees you whisper
over crudites. Little kids more like -
twelve hour days for peanuts. Your voice is bile
eating my ear. We don't boast. Our two weeks
a cottage, Keswick. How we hardly spoke. How
you did crosswords all the time. Clueless.
He bought three necklaces she says.
Touching the bulky beads at her throat.
He paid too much. I feel the twitch of your leg.
It says "That fucker can afford it."