nervous eyes
mouths
awesome
the guy in the striped suit
spends ten minutes ignoring me
then the next ten
asking advice
he's smug
I offer
glib classic comebacks
he walks off
she sits
in his warm chair
offers cheers
her eyes seeking eyes
blushing
it's raining
and we are beneath
a slight awning
the water hits our feet
she giggles
asks my name
I offer
a joke
a dodge
then the real thing
ask hers
write it down
it baffles
baffles
offends her
drops
fall
like
silence
comfortably
between us
pin-stripe comes back outside
huffy
unhappy
cologned
miffed by the rain
he's good
for a giggle
sits down on my other side
complains about the bar's
general state
unclean
Goddamn unclean
mutter
grumble
if they want big spenders
they better spend more time on the toilet bowl
brother
I say
maybe you should spend less time
staring into holes
looking for shit
