There is nothing wrong tonight
no tense questions.
no complaints.
The words aren’t getting more clipped
nor the silences longer.
Everything is perfectly all right.

Not one argument has occurred.
No one has thrown a blow
or cast a stone
or narrowly missed getting hit by hatchet
hastily hurled down the hall.
No bad mojo
or thick atmosphere
or raised voices can be found.
Things are going swimmingly.

I am fine.
He is fine.
She is fine
and there is nothing here to see
or listen to
or worry about.
It’s all
all right
and will continue to be
for the foreseeable future.

Of course
I can’t foresee the future.
Can you?