The Doorstep Goodbye

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A modern fable in verse. Wise Monkey Wrought scroll N.005, "The Doorstep Goodbye." The visit ended at nine, in principle. The coats went on at twenty past. The car started at ten to ten. The first goodnight went off at nine, a pistol at the starting line. Nobody moved. This was understood. A single goodnight was not yet good. The doorstep hosted one more round. A topic surfaced, newly found. A tin came out. The coats stayed on. The biscuits, one by one, were gone. The car was reached. The window dropped. The talks resumed. The engine stopped. Whitehall had settled shorter wars. The treaty ran through open doors. The guests were gone. The hall was bare. A scarf lay folded on a chair. It had been left, and knew it had. It looked, in fact, extremely glad. The goodbye took fifty minutes and ended on a promise to call. The longest part of a visit is the door.