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Ann Hathaway Lips
Without warning, the
crowded room placed
me at his side.
I wished that I could
slip away but
there was no path.
His well meaning
wife led introductions,
thinking I was a stranger
to them both.
He looked at my eyes and shook
my hand as his wife smiled with
confidence in her social graces.
As I looked away from his eyes,
I thought of the last time our hands had touched.
My eyes fell onto his wife’s
Ann Hathaway lips. I thought of
what our lips had shared, and
wondered if she noticed the
blushing of my cheeks.
crowded room placed
me at his side.
I wished that I could
slip away but
there was no path.
His well meaning
wife led introductions,
thinking I was a stranger
to them both.
He looked at my eyes and shook
my hand as his wife smiled with
confidence in her social graces.
As I looked away from his eyes,
I thought of the last time our hands had touched.
My eyes fell onto his wife’s
Ann Hathaway lips. I thought of
what our lips had shared, and
wondered if she noticed the
blushing of my cheeks.
Published 20th Sep 2022
| Edited 1st Jul 2023
Author's Note
I was recently introduced to a former lover by his new wife. It was awkward.
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20th Sep 2022 8:46pm
Your stories are quite intriguing. You have had few encounters or mentions of "the other woman".
"...what our lips had shared.." - a reflective and introspective moment. And the reader wonders what "her" reaction would be if she knew the truth.
"...what our lips had shared.." - a reflective and introspective moment. And the reader wonders what "her" reaction would be if she knew the truth.
An interesting tale of an awkward social situation when your past seems to collide with your present in a potentially embarrassing way..
By Ann Hathaway do you mean the film actor or William Shakespeare's wife? The latter seems to have been the one who led William on as she was older and they had to have a shotgun wedding when Ann got pregnant with their first child.
By Ann Hathaway do you mean the film actor or William Shakespeare's wife? The latter seems to have been the one who led William on as she was older and they had to have a shotgun wedding when Ann got pregnant with their first child.
21st Sep 2022 6:24am
A rhyme came to mind, noticing later in the poem:
The lips that shared each other's taste
(including those below the waist
in sessions when clothes came displaced)
were socially, face to face placed......
The lips that shared each other's taste
(including those below the waist
in sessions when clothes came displaced)
were socially, face to face placed......
21st Sep 2022 3:04pm
20th Sep 2022 11:57pm
21st Sep 2022 1:58am
It may have been awkward but since it was a former lover, hopefully, there was nothing to feel guilty about.
The man belongs in your past and his present wife is who he chose to share his future with.
If the Anne Hathaway lips are in some way showing emphasis as to her high level of beauty and physical attribute it doesn't matter.
Hopefully the comparison to a rich and famous celebrity didn't distract your strong self confidence by seeing her as a better choice.
The man belongs in your past and his present wife is who he chose to share his future with.
If the Anne Hathaway lips are in some way showing emphasis as to her high level of beauty and physical attribute it doesn't matter.
Hopefully the comparison to a rich and famous celebrity didn't distract your strong self confidence by seeing her as a better choice.
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- Edited 25th Oct 2022 6:45pm
28th Sep 2022 4:01am
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