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“The Unplanned Pause”
He really tried
to make it
work
she had
everything
he could ask
for
in a girlfriend
she was smart
kind
and
Oh Yea,
she was sexy
he had seen
her full form
many
many times
and he’s yet
to find a
flaw,
all this
seemed
like the perfect
fit
they had their
week
planned out
to the day
from dinners
at Michelin star
restaurants
or just drinks
with friends
it all followed
a very straight
predictable line,
he was envied
by most of his
male friends
and why not
nobody could
point
to anything
that was
missing
in his relationship,
he noticed other
women
few men don’t
he would even
take in their
most alluring
features
but they never
had
any kind of
a pull on
him
he couldn’t even
imagine
a woman
he would leave
his girl for
till he turned
that corner and
she
walked by,
he found his
eyes
following her
and after a
few beats of
his heart
he asked himself
why,
her figure
wasn’t overly
stunning
more than a
few
guys walked by
without a turn
of their head
her height
was at best
average
though her legs
went on for
days
and that might
have been
the end of it
had she kept
walking by
him
but she paused
to adjust her
shoe
and it might
have been
that she felt
his audit of
her
as she was
bending down
towards
the heel
of her shoe
that his eyes
were taking
of some of
her
most obvious
parts,
looking back at
him
with her finger
still stuck
in her shoe
her head at
a forty-five
degree angle
as he unknowingly
tilted his head
as he watched
her,
her pixie cut
red hair
framing her face
as a pair of
crystal green
eyes
look up from
her shoe
and into his
“Hi”
is all she says
as she frees
her finger
from the heel
of her shoe
slowly pulling
her frame
upright
his head
tilting back
to its normal
position
matching the
movement
of her body
as she
straightens up
and gives him
a whimsical
smile
that breaks
through
to his heart,
he stands
there
wondering why
she looks
so much taller
now
as his eyes
open wide
trying to
take in
all of her
beauty,
“hey”
“you wouldn’t know”
“where a girl can”
“get an energy drink”
“would you”
she says to him
unaware of the
landslide of
feelings
she has caused
to
come crashing
down
on his heart,
he just points
to a door
and only
gets out
one
two syllable
word
“breakroom”
she gives him
a combination
nod
of thanks
and see ya
and pushes her
way
through that
door
as he stands
alone
in the hallway
drowning in a
sea
of confusion
not yet
understanding
he’s never going
to see his
girlfriend
in quite
the same way
ever again…
Tom Allen…12-17-2017…
He really tried
to make it
work
she had
everything
he could ask
for
in a girlfriend
she was smart
kind
and
Oh Yea,
she was sexy
he had seen
her full form
many
many times
and he’s yet
to find a
flaw,
all this
seemed
like the perfect
fit
they had their
week
planned out
to the day
from dinners
at Michelin star
restaurants
or just drinks
with friends
it all followed
a very straight
predictable line,
he was envied
by most of his
male friends
and why not
nobody could
point
to anything
that was
missing
in his relationship,
he noticed other
women
few men don’t
he would even
take in their
most alluring
features
but they never
had
any kind of
a pull on
him
he couldn’t even
imagine
a woman
he would leave
his girl for
till he turned
that corner and
she
walked by,
he found his
eyes
following her
and after a
few beats of
his heart
he asked himself
why,
her figure
wasn’t overly
stunning
more than a
few
guys walked by
without a turn
of their head
her height
was at best
average
though her legs
went on for
days
and that might
have been
the end of it
had she kept
walking by
him
but she paused
to adjust her
shoe
and it might
have been
that she felt
his audit of
her
as she was
bending down
towards
the heel
of her shoe
that his eyes
were taking
of some of
her
most obvious
parts,
looking back at
him
with her finger
still stuck
in her shoe
her head at
a forty-five
degree angle
as he unknowingly
tilted his head
as he watched
her,
her pixie cut
red hair
framing her face
as a pair of
crystal green
eyes
look up from
her shoe
and into his
“Hi”
is all she says
as she frees
her finger
from the heel
of her shoe
slowly pulling
her frame
upright
his head
tilting back
to its normal
position
matching the
movement
of her body
as she
straightens up
and gives him
a whimsical
smile
that breaks
through
to his heart,
he stands
there
wondering why
she looks
so much taller
now
as his eyes
open wide
trying to
take in
all of her
beauty,
“hey”
“you wouldn’t know”
“where a girl can”
“get an energy drink”
“would you”
she says to him
unaware of the
landslide of
feelings
she has caused
to
come crashing
down
on his heart,
he just points
to a door
and only
gets out
one
two syllable
word
“breakroom”
she gives him
a combination
nod
of thanks
and see ya
and pushes her
way
through that
door
as he stands
alone
in the hallway
drowning in a
sea
of confusion
not yet
understanding
he’s never going
to see his
girlfriend
in quite
the same way
ever again…
Tom Allen…12-17-2017…