the shush

s/he turns to her/his
significant other whilst
sitting amidst others at
some kind of social function
that for all intent & purpose
has absolutely no intent or
purpose, but to only give
grown adults the sense that
there is some meaning in
life when deep down they
all know there isn’t---
when s/he turns, s/he makes
a physical movement unique
to the both of them,
a bit of sullen code derived from
their secret little idiosyncratic
prison, of which they have
both pledged up till’ now a
few years of their young lives &
when it happens, the
“shushed” individual
who has been signaled not so
subtly, finds this to be uncalled
for & maybe it was the fact that
the train took so long to get
them to where they wanted to
be or maybe it was the fact that
the dinner wasn’t worth the
scratch or maybe, just maybe,
said individual has grown fed
up with their present partner in
crime’s attempt to silence them
as if they were a dog in the
midst of a whisperer.

what follows is an exchange
which though they both may
regret later, though it may actually
destroy the connection between
both of them (for it reveals the
true nature of the deadened bond
between them---as its weight has
increased due to the public witness
of the event), it just might be the
most honest that they have been
with each other in a long time.