I raised my glass,
then put it down,
right where it left a smudge
upon the table.
When our eyes met, I saw your lips
move silently; I felt the sweat
run cold down my back
as the tip of my tongue
could, at last, give shape to my answer:
"No, no, I haven't.
Not until now."


"I have to leave", you said,
and your words were left unanswered --
abandoned there, between us.
A knowing smile, the faintest of nods,
the script laid out to us in perfect detail:
we only played our parts
and danced with wild abandon
to time's old, twisting tunes.
So this is, I imagine,
the final stage direction:
"Exit."

Emesis

Popular tracks