The flowers are better company than the other guests; he knows this.He wears the glasses of a man who has seen the flowers and finds them guilty.The dog knows what the cat refuses to admit: love requires holding still in a garden.The dog wears a jewel; the cat knows better.The dog knows love is temporary; the cat has already accepted it.The dog trusts him; the cat knows better.The dogs match the ivy; the couple matches the sky; nobody explains why.
The cat will remember this moment; the humans will forget by Tuesday.
