In a sudden frenzy of love yesterday came back to me, breathless.
This poem bubbled up in it's place:
First date
Curious, our new church friends ask
how we met, expecting a nice tale
fitting our place in their world
quickly we exchange glances
and I giggle, while you explore
new shades of red
certainly desert vanilla pudding
would smooth the edges of
the coming story, honey (my eyes plead)
"At work," I answer too quickly, "but our
first date..Was...A bookstore." you slide in
falling over my words
(we leave out the exact nature, these
are nice people) the first time we held
hands, something forced because of my hair
expertly we dance, clearing the table
and the air, "Charley knew a lot about
about the books." (and things for sale)
I deadpan. Never breaking a smiling.
His knowledge amazes me still and our
church friends leave, impressed and dazzled.
I dream in color, write poetry, talk about God, parent kids and finally wonder about it all
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January 15th
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What...your first date was to a dirty bookstore??!?!?!?
ReplyDeleteLOL....yep.
ReplyDeleteCastles.
And I had Ultra short hair, I made him hold my hand because I kept getting hit on by some lesbians.
We left that part, all of it, out of the story for our church friends.
It was a group thing and we were with a about 15 of our friends...they all went and we were along for the ride, so to speak.
LOL it still makes me laugh.....I was 30 years old.
How romantic is that?
ReplyDeleteLove in a sleazy store with a blushing beau-to-be!
Loved it!
A Ha!
ReplyDeleteSaw it at "Word Dancing"!!
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I liked it.
ReplyDeleteGabreael
http://gabreaelsbodymindandspirit.blogspot.com/
I love this poem! I've been reading a lot for Poetry Thursday (bepresentbehere.blogspot.com) and this is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteP.S. I love the story behind it, too!
Umm, so are those books organized alphabetically, category, or other?
ReplyDeleteLOL What a great story for a 1st date! He held your hand? Too sweet!
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