She screams at the top of her lungs
and sure at the bottom of the ravine
He dreams on at the top of his game
but never with respiratory implication

She buys loaded landscape river rocks
to let them all fall wherever they may
He collects stones at the county park
to arrange them so carefully in his yard

She chooses to stay mute or mostly silent
lest she utter something foolish or untidy
He seems to say whatever occurs to him
just in case there should be a gem therein

               Ce sont les trois différences entre
                                           lui
                                           et
                                          elle

CHARLES A. PERRONE: Born in the Empire State, New York. Grew up in the Golden State, California. His published poetry spans the Americas and the oceans, as well as the Internet, having appeared in books and journals (print and digital) in USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, UK, and Australia. Three of his chapbooks were published by moriapoetry and his whole volume is Designs: Blueprints of Floorplans of a Provisional Residence (cyberwit, 2022).