the greatest show on earth

The comic on stage tells  stories

makes them laugh

all eyes on him

at the table over  from me

the husband gently rubs

his hand up and down his wife's back

every minuet or two he turns to watch her laugh

he is turned half to the stage and

half to her

they laugh a lot

and when he takes his hand away

and rests it on the table

she grasps and holds it

their wedding rings touching

you want to be her, don't you dear