“Discover the Haunting Dilemma of Freedom in Richard Kalfus’s Poignant New Poem”
Adjustment was not easy: they needed jobs
They were lucky: he a butcher; she a seamstress
Fluency in English not a necessity
We now meet Kurt at 20 in 1965
and the girlfriend Gerorgann,
who was the love of his life.
She was mature, tender, optimistic and kind.
The two spent hours talking on the phone,
Taking long walks in the neighborhood
Eating pizza at the local hangout,
Doing homework in one of their homes
One summer evening they made love.
And everything changed.
Theirs would be a love, growing stronger
each day.
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