Yet Another Bar
I think I’ll sit in the bar a while longer,
it’s past eleven, the air tired, the music quiet,
the optics glint less brightly, levels low in the bottles.
I should leave, this is foolishness, but still I sit
dangling a foot from the bar stool, an elbow
lazy on the counter, ready to lift another glass.
The barman attempts to start a conversation,
I’m not here to talk, not looking for entertainment.
I’m sitting here tired and bored, soul and bone weary,
hardly awaiting a discovery, still less a revelation.
I’m sitting here because, once, on a night such as this
you walked in, and the world shook on it’s axis.
It may happen again, in spite of all that’s happened
between then and now, the beginning and the ending,
yes, it could happen again, I’ll sit here waiting.
The barman pushes another glass towards me,
doesn’t try to talk this time, recognises a bad case.
I swallow rapidly, might be another long night.
only three others left, at a table in the corner.
The door bangs open hard, suddenly he’s here.
his eyes slide past me, he goes to the table,
sits, his arm round one, amidst shouts and laughter.
My waiting over, I slide from the stool and leave.
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