By poyen_fpy
Date: 2003 Nov 02
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[[2003.11.02.02.30.6779]]

Sitting there with you

you sit across me;
that laugh,
that voice,
that smile,
those eyes,
so sweetly familiar
I could barely keep
my eyes on the food,
as though
i only have appetite
for a minute or two
with you.
it's been long and
you look nice in
red spaghetti straps.
whatever happened
to the baby tees?
you look prettier than last
and i'm tongue-tied,
though you don't notice,
forking shrimp paste
i'm allergic to.
i'm at a loss for words;
you talk about work,
about you,
about him, her
about them;
while i wait for you
to talk about us.
then you laugh
at the joke
of that person sitting next to you,
you feed each other shrimp paste.
what was i thinking
saying yes, tagging along,
sitting there
across you and my replacement.