playing cards

we played long games
of rummy
as it rained. the cottage
grey white
beyond the sand
beyond the sea oats
and shrubs, high
enough on the dunes
to see the ocean.
we played
as it rained, nothing
else to do.
the trip to the store
done.
breakfast.
making love, then more
coffee.
we played cards.
her keeping score
on a long pad.
a radio on
in the kitchen, we
sighed
as the day went on,
a long day,
the last time we were
together
at the beach, both feeling
that we
were alone.