11:30pm
monday night
he says we should get coffee
and obviously i am
incapable of refusing
and so out i go
into the cold night of autumn
and beneath my layers
a hopeful, pumping heart

we walk
cups in hand
under a starless sky
he looks only at my feet
and smokes one cigarette
after another

after an hour
he says
"that's enough,
i'm going to bed"
and leaves me
to the night sky
where i can see no moon

10/17/2006

Author's Note: he is the most confusing boy i've met thus far.

Posted on 10/17/2006
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