Wednesday, October 5, 2022

The Fall 1998

you touched my leg high thigh 
under the table all night
when you leaned in to whisper
you put your lips to my ear

with knowing eyes your friends 
left you to play with your food
but we stayed until closing time

leaning against my car 
under the cold September moon
with bare arms in gooseflesh you 
asked rhetorically so what happens now 

i opened my jacket to you
your whole body pressed to mine
enfolded and enfolding as though
i was never before kissed

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