The Accident

In this poem, a neighbor visits a husband and wife’s house. Her son had been in the hospital overnight after being hit by a van. She proceeds to the kitchen table and takes a seat. The wife questions, “How man times had they eaten together?” after the neighbor says, “Yes” to the husband without him asking. The husband seems a little shaky while cooking breakfast. Maybe is there an affair going on and he’s nervous because both women are in the same room? Maybe he’s scared something will be said.