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True...
I do hope it is done in curiosity rather than animosity.
Kinda like one of those formal party scenes in a movie.
I just finished holding court and everyone is back to mingling. The brass band is playing a slow standard but the lights have yet to dim.
She walks into the room
My back is turned
Someone drops the ladle into the punch bowl
I turn
She is gorgeous
The band plays softer as everyone looks to her
Then to me
Then to her
Then to me
Some begin to feel a slight unease
As though they are intruding
Others do what they can to exit
Grabbing tissue out of their purses and clutches
Using their shoulder to abruptly open the door out into a dark humid night, the ground wet from a rain just ended
Still others stay to watch
And it all can go so many ways...
A quiet battle of attrition ending with her own haste exit
Me wanting to give chase
Knowing that if I do I justify her reason for leaving
And if I don't--I am left to feel so many eyes of odd interest and admiration now fall upon me in admonishment
