1
the blonde
two seats away
saying to her friend
I love Italian people too
but you have to appreciate
the differences
I just got over him
and I know if I went
to that house
I’d start seeing him
again
I get weak
in the knees
just thinking
about it
2
Saturday night
homeward bound
among swarms
of young LIers
heading in
to the city
they have recently
discovered
behaving typically
like young people
men with six-packs
women in short skirts
the din louder
than a Stones’ concert
and this one-time resident
wishing
he was home
several thousand miles
away
When culture shock is a good sign.
It’s funny how one day you wake up and realize you actually belong someplace else than where you’re from.
I do love how these two play off each other — very present feeling.
Thank you. Heard the first in the morning, and experienced the second coming back at night.