Thursday, July 11, 2024

Professional attire April 19, 2012


I meet her at the front door

 of the stadium turned

 into a high school

in the ungodly hour of 7 a.m.

for an assignment

I volunteered to do l

ong before the night time texts started,

even before I got to know

who she is, if I even know now,

 since she needs to take part

in a career day

 and can't write about it herself,

 even though everybody here

seems to love her,

a shinning star

in the mist of an otherwise dull world,

except for this place,

 this palace on the Hudson

 and she looks so professional

 in her attire,

 she might be a Wall Street executive

 rather than the journalist

she professes to be,

her eyes, her lips,

her stature as rigid as a statue,

 all that warmth from

the late night bar scene

tucked away somewhere

behind the mask of someone

 I don't know and yet,

still admire,

] as drawn to this person

as to the one I've kissed.

 

 

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