The Alliance of Fantasy

Friday after work
we should meet in some dive bar
unknown to each other
assessing the prospects
to conjure our own version
of happy hour.

Somehow
we become aware of each other
maybe accidental recognition
or simply the draw of pheromones
not a detail that really matters

You will see the urgency in my eyes
and you will pepper our interaction
with all those tasty hints
that will lead us away from the crowd
and into each other.

But instead,
I will take off my work pants
to shake off another day
that is not mine
and use this window of time
to invent this alternate reality
inspired by provocative images
and my own touch

And think of you
elsewhere
writhing in your own moment
thinking
and doing
the same thing