He Never Dared to Dream

All these treasures,

the beautiful, devoted wife,

the mother of his children,

on the deck of the hilltop house

overlooking his adopted valley

against a rainbow sherbet sunset,

and the Delfonics are playing

off in the distance

as the Yorkshire terriers

gnaw and wrestle at his feet,

and he is overcome with giggles.

All this,

and he gets to sleep with her too.