From the collection published in 2022, Writing Notebook 2021.
These poems are from 4/7/21.
346.
husbands and wives had married
to be together and
Now, surprised at occupying prolonged silence,
argue in the manufacture of something to say
347.
It had
the sallow sparkle
of a vague headache
348.
Maybe it was between the
adjacent moments in which
the smile deteriorated And
that panic feeling hit you
Claudia McGill Writes Poetry, Did You Know That? 
I’ve been lucky that Sparky and I are comfortable in silence. Love the last one!
Thank you. Lots of people feel they need to fill silence. I so often wish they would not.
Oh that first snippet is amazing and deep – “adjacent moments” – such amazing word crafting Claudia!
Thank you. I think this collage format helps me think. I do better when I am putting pieces together than when I am just trying to think of things in the abstract.