The dogs are all right.
The house is doing fine:
Mom healthy as a horse
and Dad is same as he ever was.

There’s nothing to worry about.
Nobody’s in trouble
and nothing is wrong.

It’s just that
it’s been a while since we’ve talked
and Thursdays have been a bit rough lately
and I wondered
if you remembered
going off to Little Schwartz’s on Thursdays
way back then
and how things were going
in your part of the world?

Really
there is no agenda.
I just wanted to talk.

How are you?

Yes, I swear on my mother’s grave;
The dogs are fine…