Poetry

 1 Mis| afternoon would never end. So thought Martin as he sat on the
 2 Mis|      ll go out for a walk, he thought.~Outside, the June afternoon
 3 Mis|   welled up within him at the thought that his was a successful
 4 Mis|       coffee himself, but the thought of her making fun of him
 5 Mis|    minutes to make coffee, he thought.~The telephone rang in the
 6 Mis|    during class. He had often thought of telling her this but
 7 Mis|    never thinks about me, she thought. As if I didn’t find books
 8 Mis|       dishes finished yet? he thought. Wait another second, he
 9 Mis|       know where to start, he thought.~He noticed an open notebook
10 Mis|    children in their beds, he thought to himself, casting his
11 Mis|     anger.~She’s finished, he thought. Now she is drying her hands.
12 Mis|    silly to hide his love, he thought to himself. All the talk
13 Mis|        Pauline."~It’s Farouk, thought Martin. At that instant
14 Mis|   again she lost her train of thought.~Farouk and his wife followed
15 Mis|      in the neighbourhood and thought, why don’t we drop in on
16 Mis|        No one would ever have thought that she would fall ill."~"
17 Mis|       Martin winced. Damn, he thought, crushing the butt of his
18 Mis|       nothing special. Martin thought he could read a hidden irony
19 Mis|      is here at the sink, she thought, and although she realized
20 Mis|     way of my happiness?" she thought as she combed her hair in