The Black & White Poet
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You
Comforted me
When I had no one
I was certainly lost
And Empty
We sat in parking lots past 2am
And browsed book stores
Drinking two coffees at a time
Swapping iPods and broken poetry
I drove to, and sat in your apartment
And wondered who you were
Or why I was even here
Ignoring those questions by
Overshadowing them with cheap horror films
(That I made you watch)
You told me about your favorites
Over burnt hot chocolate at the iHop
And I cried drunk in your car
As you cared for me
Countless nights after serving at
Restaurants ran by Italian mafia members and wine junkies
A mad mess of bartering
weed and cocaine-
in between smoke breaks and processing table orders
in between smoke breaks and processing table orders
...Unfamiliar with the difference between a Heineken and Peroni
You always knew things I didn't...
Somehow (after countless parking lot conversations )
we deserted it all
Together
And started real jobs
I met your friends
And we wandered the city
Dining and shopping it away
You made a ruckus
For unmet valentine reservations
at fish markets
And lavished with Kathy purses
Then one sudden day
you left for school
But
Somehow
we still managed to find time
For movies and seafood
For four years
Making trips back home to see
Everyone
And I waited. Wandered. Worked.
But
Today
It's over . And I'm here
Hoping you'll enjoy a cup
Of burnt hot chocolate at
the iHop with me.
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