Bennett, Bruce

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Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal Volume 1 Issue 2 Article 23 October 2022 Closing Down Bruce Bennett Follow this and additional works at: https://orb.binghamton.edu/harpurpalate Recommended Citation Bennett, Bruce (2022) "Closing Down," Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal: Vol. 1: Iss. 2, Article 23. Available at: https://orb.binghamton.edu/harpurpalate/vol1/iss2/23 This Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB). It has been accepted for inclusion in Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal by an authorized editor of The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB). For more information, please contact ORB@binghamton.edu. Closing Down by Bruce Bennett I. Toast My father-in-law spreads the butter with a spoon. “Here,” my wife says, showing him his knife. “This will work better.” He picks up the knife, holds it, puts it down. He picks up the spoon. “That’s for the coffee,” my mother-in-law says. “To put the sugar in.” Il. No Point The same story in the same words over and over. 114 Harpur1Bennett: Closing DownPublished by The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB), 2022Il. “We used to visit here when I was a kid...” None of it true. “This was the house. It belonged to Aunt May. Isn’t it amazing after all these years?...” No point in contradicting; in correcting. “Tt’s the good old days all over again.” We have tried and tried. Missing He can think only of his car. “Where’s my car? Where’s my car?” “You care more for that car than you do for me,” goads his wife, but it’s no use. Palate 1152Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal, Vol. 1, Iss. 2 [2022], Art. 23https://orb.binghamton.edu/harpurpalate/vol1/iss2/23Bruce Bennett “Where’s my car?” he repeats, louder now and angrier. “What have you done with my car?” He fingers keys to the house they have left for good. “Where is my goddam car!” 116 Harpur3Bennett: Closing DownPublished by The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB), 2022

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