NIGHT WALK

Misty night.
Azure sky bejeweled with
moon and stars
gazing rejoicingly down.
Both of them walked down
the straight tarred street.
Already past their 40s,
both had actually nothing
to talk about
nothing to share.
Young couples hand in hands
were walking past them
talking sweet matters
cracking jokes and
giggling often.
For the sake of talking
each talked,
for the sake of cracking
jokes cracked cheap
jokes,
and for the sake of laughing
they laughed
everything hollow and mechanical.
Cool winds embraced them
but that was not enough
to rejuvenate their sagging spirits.
Before reaching the
point they aimed at
both got fed up
with the whole business
and returned to their
apartment
without talking anything,
without even smiling
both wearing stony looks.