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Disasters, Delights and Other Detours - 20. Unanswerable and Idle Observations
Unanswerable
And in the golden folly of my youth,
you slurred that I should meet you on the stair,
and follow to undress within your lair,
though I your invitation thought uncouth;
You'd spent the night with gin and dry vermouth,
and I knew not my chances were so rare,
so I disdained to lie with you up there,
for then I did not grasp the awful truth:
That moment was the last I'd ever know
of some desirability to man;
now time's deep waters 'neath the bridges flow
and I convention's borders seem to span;
but had you stretched above, and I below,
would life have held a different sort of plan?
Idle Observation
A river of humanity flows by
my vantage point where I may most admire
the faces apprehensive which belie
excitement new adventure can inspire.
I see them enter through the double door
and look about for friends they recognize
across the loud and overcrowded floor
from which a wave of greeting may arise.
In comradeship, each visage splits a grin,
and welcome makes a smaller circle wide
where promptly subtle flirting will begin,
and later, hence a pair or two will glide.
Alone with thoughts and observations fine,
I wish a friendly body wanted mine.
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