You wanted to see “Fantastic Beasts.”

It was playing in the next county,

But we were undaunted.

I picked you up on a rainy Friday

Arriving in plenty of time for good seating.

Front row of  the main section

The only ones in the theater.

Today I relish the memory:

The two of us commandeering the theater.

We loved the casual way Newt Scamander

Retrieved his fantastic beasts and stowed them in his suitcase.

Nothing to see here, folks, but infinite imagination,

The possibility of the what-if and the hereafter,

Where my sweet Kathy was traveling.

Easy to range into unknown worlds in a theater

We had all to ourselves.

Today you are in that fantastic place,

Far from me.

Your defiance of mind boxes,

Your faith in the unseen,

Your unassuming kindness,

Recall the rainy day

We shared

So sure of

The beyond.