After our argument I’m not ready to
                                    be the one to make the first move
                                    back to our comfort station

                                    but I did buy a bag of your
                                    beloved M & M’s
                                    believing we will have sweet again

                                    still my anger keeps me naming the
                                    M’s in the waiting bag

                                    monsters and morons
                                    manipulators and mangles
                                    manners and maturity
                                    monkeys and manatees

                                    then I remember how
                                    thrilled you were to show me
                                    the monkey you found
                                    hugging the tree

                                    I remember snorkeling together
                                    giddily discovering the manatee
                                    playing with his mother so close
                                    to our hand holding space

                                    is that you I hear coming
                                    to my closed door

                                    have an M & M

                                    my most maddening
                                    marvelous much-loved
                                    magical man

– Susan Shea