Table For One

Table for One Striding adroitly through the garbled air Never more debonair and dapper Drawing the attentions of the curious Aloof, detached, distinguished One impulse shy of normalcy Again without accompaniment, as his own escort Too honest, too eccentric to play the dating games Oblivious to the stares and murmurs of the fickle crowd Destined for another date disaster Onward into the din of the chattering herd Keeping a safe distance from himself No time for amenities, no chance of flirtations or temptations No corsage to balance the embittered interiors Wiser in resolve, from vows taken to never again feel Impervious to the possibility of romance Undaunted and indifferent, Masterfully hiding the damage within Knowing too well the ravages of love gone bad Never again to experience the horrors of rejection How many in your party, sir? One, just one........ Very well, sir. This way.......... Table, table for one..........