Hearing aids, alas, do not serve
as listening aids
so anything I say to my husband,
anything,
earns a What?
And if I really need an answer
I must repeat, repeat,
correcting what he thinks
he’s heard,
most often more than once.
So more and more I find myself
talking to my dog
who, from the get-go, understands
my questions, comments
as rhetorical.
