Wednesday, July 10, 2024

A move too far April 18, 2012


 She shudders as I touch her breast.

I think revolted

 an old man like me

should take such liberties,

seated in the passenger side of her car

 in the middle of the night

I brace myself for a slap

that never comes,

 escaping with the aftermath

of my second kiss

, standing under the shadow of a building

 where as mobster (Tony Pro)

plotted the murder of Jimmy Hoffa

alone, bathed in the fumes of her exhaust

 as her car pulls away,

then with the taste of her lipstick

still sweet on my tongue

my fingers still tingling

from a forbidden touch,

 I make the long trek home,

the darkness broken

 by the parade of headlights

the dim street lamps hanging

over my head like wraiths,

my brain seized with how far

 I over stepped,

with each step, I wonder

 how I can possible step back,

 all her tales of disappointment,

 of rape and death of that girl long ago,

Can I make up for my mistake?

 

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