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How a grumpy lover, with a little help, learns what's important to him.

She startles me in the fitting room with Levi’s shirts.

Long sleeved ones meant for you, she tells me,

With a wink and a well-meaning grin as I frown.

I model each to please her, all four of them:

A green khaki cotton with clouded silver buttons,

A dark somber blue that perfectly matches my mood,

A light-hearted ivory I’d never’ve even glanced at,

And a bright red-orange that actually pleases me.

By now I realize she’s on to something.

You’ve found my look! I tell her as she grins,

Her knowing grin, the one that helps me be.


Andre Moore, Director of Marriage Couples Counseling and Life Coaching in New York City

that earnest grin which breathes life into me.