My Poetry: When the Show's Over

When the Show's Over

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Come, sit beside me
you look lonely,
we can share a table
split a bottle,
no need to talk
just act as if
we do this all the time,
pretend we know
each others name,
tap our fingers
on the glass
ignore the silence
watch the band
flirt
with the boy/girl paradigm,
then part
without the need
to swap numbers
or saliva,
just a neat goodbye
to acknowledge
the show's over.

Pic: Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson from a still of Lost in Translation. buy it here: http://amzn.to/HxFIJs