Dinner Party

Across the murdered meals,
cigarettes stabbed here and there
into sorbet,
bits of chocolate flake cake,
he will start to relate their story,
but she will-
	t-t-t-
and tell it over the uncleared plates,
coffee spills,
to others shiny eyes
and the eager nods of her friends-
Until he didn’t know her
or how they had begun.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Sambourne Avatar
February 24, 2022 at 8:41 PM
Superbly written! There is so much tension here in this edgey dinner party that breathes estrangement. To me, fine poetry indeed. Cheers, Brian
Brown Avatar
April 13, 2022 at 1:38 PM
Thank so much Brian!
Kendrick Avatar
November 24, 2021 at 9:31 AM
Creative lines you have penned in this one. I can see a broken relationship that ended very unhappily. I hope all is better now. Sara
Brown Avatar
April 13, 2022 at 1:38 PM
Thanks Sara. Luckily not autobiographical!
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