Effie and Jim

[Wjames]

Nurses dress Effie in her best
for the official picture, even
a rosebud on a head-band.
(her hair is fine and thin)


Jim wears a suit, matching rosebud
in his lapel. He tries to feed her
some special cake the staff made
but Effie is frightened of him.


She cowers away, clutching
her giant pink plush dinosaur
in their sixty-fifth wedding 
anniversary photo.

No sapphire; she lost her diamond
engagement ring long ago.
Jim’s been alone for years.
He’s not ashamed of his tears.

This is very nice, it seems sort of like the foundation of a movie to me. I can sort of write a two hour movie in my head around what's presented here.