Love At First Sight

it was love
at first sight

     there was a half empty cup
     in her mother’s kitchen sink

a traffic light across the border
had not worked in a year

     a Mexican woman prayed
     vehemently to the Mexican Jesus

her widowed aunt clutched her purse
in the hardware store

     he fell in love with her
     the very first time he laid eyes on her

a school bus squeaked
to a stop

     the moon disappeared
     for unknown reasons

the sun 
left them in the dark

     it was love
     at first sight

she married 
the wrong guy

     the right guy 
     still loves her