But I saw them –
They were on the stair,
Right next to the book you gave me on Friday
Along with the tickets
And told me to read soon
Because it meant something to you
And might mean something to me,
But I just took the tickets out of the pages
And hadn’t thought of the book ‘til now.
Or maybe you left them on the counter
Next to the half-empty coffee mug
We have twenty of and paid too much for,
With our faces on it, smiling and stupid.
Or maybe they’ve sunk deep into the coat pocket
Of that ugly purple velvet tux you just shoved into the closet
That smells like smoke
And sickly sweet rotting cabbage and beer.
Or they could be in the new one – the tux we bought for tomorrow?
Have you checked your pants pocket?
Are you sure we didn’t leave them next to Captain Kirk?
Or Marilyn Monroe?
That bitch! I bet she stole them. The whole time,
I thought she was checkin’ you out,
But, damn, man,
It was the rings she was lookin’ at!
Oh, God. What would mom say if she knew we were already married?
NS 10.21.2009
They were on the stair,
Right next to the book you gave me on Friday
Along with the tickets
And told me to read soon
Because it meant something to you
And might mean something to me,
But I just took the tickets out of the pages
And hadn’t thought of the book ‘til now.
Or maybe you left them on the counter
Next to the half-empty coffee mug
We have twenty of and paid too much for,
With our faces on it, smiling and stupid.
Or maybe they’ve sunk deep into the coat pocket
Of that ugly purple velvet tux you just shoved into the closet
That smells like smoke
And sickly sweet rotting cabbage and beer.
Or they could be in the new one – the tux we bought for tomorrow?
Have you checked your pants pocket?
Are you sure we didn’t leave them next to Captain Kirk?
Or Marilyn Monroe?
That bitch! I bet she stole them. The whole time,
I thought she was checkin’ you out,
But, damn, man,
It was the rings she was lookin’ at!
Oh, God. What would mom say if she knew we were already married?
NS 10.21.2009
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