[Stormieweather]

I saw you tonight
...You were with a girl
I could have called to you
But what to say?
...That my eyes were
these reluctant thieves?
...That some innocent design
had brought our cars to rest
side by side at a
three-way light?

I looked across
(a Peeping Tom)
from the passing lane
You were spilling out
a good belly laugh
(those sweet familiar ribbons)
My spirit caught your
fire again and

It wasn't until later that
I remembered how I rubbed
cream into theose flesh leather
seats of yours...My earrings
were in the glove compartment
where the registration still
bears my name...Oh,
it was perfect

You jumped the light
rushing
on your way up the hill
to my old bed
with her...Leaving me
an unwilling voyeur
My heart
was a
beggar






-Merrit Malloy