Thursday, July 4, 2024

Time to leave? April 10, 2012

 

When the official

 came in the German bar

And You glanced nervously at them

I should have suspected something

You telling me we had to leave

My brain fogged up

With your tales and your presence,

I thought nothing of it until later

At home, alone, after the buzzing stopped

And the scent of your perfume faced

my mind reenacting the whole scene

 from our office to the stools

 where we sat on at the bar,

 dinner laid out before us,

you with red lips and white wine,

me with the tall glass of German beer,

 infatuated, drunk

long before I took my first sip,

staring at your lips as you spoke.

I could have been blind again,

you seemed so brilliant,

awash in the glow that had

 nothing to do with the lights

 behind the bar, watching you speak,

thinking how much I asked to see those lips sing,

and more, much more,

then wondering

why you insisted we

had to leave.


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