
I have an idea
Let’s meet in a bar
I’ll pretend I am there
To meet a lover
You do the same
No?
Too unseemly for you?
How’s this:
Let’s meet for drinks at the beach
You’ll check your wallet
I’ll check mine
We will scrape together two dollars between us
And we will join in on a game
of Liar’s Poker
Through layers of gin and Oban we win hand after hand
Stares of admiration become stares of mistrust
So we split
Who says united we stand, divided we fall?
Divided we win big, and when barflies alight
And start to bite, we run out, laughing, having made enough
For steaks and a good cab. We watch dolphins breed and suns set
And when we get home you slap my ass and I suck your ego
Until you bleed me favors from your eyes
This is the memory I will hold on to tonight
While I wait for you to come home
From an office left long ago
You will smell of betrayal and a cheap red
And I will write love poems about Liar’s Poker and gin
Hoping you remembered your key.
Julie Dolcemaschio
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