Shane McCauley: Compatibility
Compatibility
They used to meet, the old men, by the
town pump. First one would speak of
his grief. After polite silence the other
would reply. It was usually late afternoon.
They always parted comforted, yet
both had come from remote areas
and neither knew the other’s language.
Shane McCauley
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