Better with you...

On Gaelic Love (to Maureen)

Sandwiches cut diagonally
taste better than
sandwiches cut horizontally--
no matter what's in them.

And hot dogs at the ballpark
Are superior
to hot dogs
anywhere else.

And being with you--
wherever you are--
is the tangiest mustard
of all.

Patrick Joseph Hill (1939-2008)
(former VP and faculty member of The Evergreen State College)
written to his wife Maureen.