She said she liked coffee.
I suggested we go after midnight.
I waited for two hours in a cafe.
She showed up lookin' as if she'd been in a street fight.
I asked her where she'd been.
she said she smothered her stalker with coffee beans.
(© 2020 Andrew Cyr)
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The Lonely Position of Neutral
PoetryBen's throat cancer has returned. Living a lonely life, he found a woman he loves but finds out she's been unfaithful. Ben starts to think the lonely position of neutral isn't that bad. He writes poems and dialogue narratives. Will Ben survive cance...
