to the lady ornate

Take this "I will always love you" waltz

In Vienna I will dance with you
in a costume with
a river's head.
                            - from "Little Viennese Waltz" by F.G. Lorca
                 



you are a
true poet...
unlike me.
i will gladly
give up
everything
to understand
you.
you are...
beautiful,
but in an
unconventional way,
and i admit
i am obsessed with
you.

you aren't like
other girls...
long skirts,
no make-up,
quiet,
polite,
softly-spoken,
and...
lonesome,
for lack of
a better word.
you are
unusual,
to say the least.

you write on
your hands -
who would ever
write on their hands?
mother says it is
unlady-like -
curlicues
and antiquities
flourish in
your penmanship.
you write frantically,
not letting the idea
slip away...
how i wish to know
what you are writing!

i put my head down,
keep it there.
my tea is getting cold.
we haven't spoken
since i first sat down.
you stand,
smile,
take up your
belongings,
good-day, sir,
and you walk
away.

C.D.S. 29 Aug 2010