properly happy

we didn't have to do a lot,
we just had to be together.
and after a five hour drive we were; though the last two hours were spent
in circles,
probably around my building or back and forth and around the river valley
but-
it didn't matter.
because by then all three of our faces were glowing with teeth
and the word, "finally" could be seen faintly on all of our foreheads.
I hadn't eaten that much in an entire week here, as I did on that first night.
it was the best because it was;
the two of you and me;
everything to say and everything to listen to;
a walk to the grocery store for ice cream at nine at night;
tre tazze di espresso a la mattina;
the most fun I've had living in Edmonton.