dave came in last week to buy rounds for us
and ask after heather, whom he for the
longest time had a crush on. after some
silly questions jibing dave to describe
her — slim, gorgeous, green-eyed, about five-five,
a spitfire on whiskey and a daddy’s
girl on wine . . . oh, and a dishwater blonde
with godiva locks past a chiseled ass —
jimbo, our latest ‘jim’ bartender, told
him heather had run off to college out
west somewhere . . . jimbo omitted that she
had run off with some adjunct professor
of theology and that they were out
living in some commune as man and wife . . .
David M Pitchford
12 Jan 12

After the Vows: Poems Between Lovers