We had been
to the Impressionist gallery
in Paris
been to the Tower
seen the views
had coffees
and seen street artists
and Sonya was wanting
to see an American film
at a cinema with sub-titles
I’m not keen
I said
why not?
I can see it
once back in the UK
without having to read script
on the screen
at the same time
watch the action
anyway seeing Clint Eastwood
speaking French
is off putting
she pulled a face
and went sat down
on a seat of some café
and I sat next to her
you always have to spoil things
she said
reading the menu
it's in French
she said
we're in France
so how am I to know
what to order?
point at it
and ask what it is
she looked at me
with her icy-blue eyes
she tossed back hair
from her face
I went with you
to the art gallery
she said
to see all those boring Impressionists
but you can't go with me
to see Clint
a waiter came up to us
and she asked him
if we could
have two coffees with cream
he nodded and smiled at her
and went off
he's ****
I didn't notice
had lovely eyes
dark and deep
he's a waiter and French
I said
I can imagine him
beside me in bed
breathing on me
with his breath
oniony and garlicky
she tapped my hand
jealous is what you are
she said
I don't want him
you do
I said
I didn't say I wanted him
I said I could
imagine him in my bed
she muttered
she looked around her
at the other tables
I looked at her profile
the curve of neck
the run of her jawline
her ear visible
through her blonde hair
momentarily
I felt like a vampire
wanting to sink
my teeth
into the soft flesh
of her neck
and **** her sexily
she looked back at me
you owe me
she said
having to go
to that boring art place
ok
I said
what do you want?
I want to see the film
with Clint Eastwood
ok
I said
thinking of the bed
and her
and do what I could
if she would.
Aug 9, 2014
Aug 9, 2014 at 3:48 AM UTC
We had been
to the Impressionist gallery
in Paris
been to the Tower
seen the views
had coffees
and seen street artists
and Sonya was wanting
to see an American film
at a cinema with sub-titles
I’m not keen
I said
why not?
I can see it
once back in the UK
without having to read script
on the screen
at the same time
watch the action
anyway seeing Clint Eastwood
speaking French
is off putting
she pulled a face
and went sat down
on a seat of some café
and I sat next to her
you always have to spoil things
she said
reading the menu
it's in French
she said
we're in France
so how am I to know
what to order?
point at it
and ask what it is
she looked at me
with her icy-blue eyes
she tossed back hair
from her face
I went with you
to the art gallery
she said
to see all those boring Impressionists
but you can't go with me
to see Clint
a waiter came up to us
and she asked him
if we could
have two coffees with cream
he nodded and smiled at her
and went off
he's ****
I didn't notice
had lovely eyes
dark and deep
he's a waiter and French
I said
I can imagine him
beside me in bed
breathing on me
with his breath
oniony and garlicky
she tapped my hand
jealous is what you are
she said
I don't want him
you do
I said
I didn't say I wanted him
I said I could
imagine him in my bed
she muttered
she looked around her
at the other tables
I looked at her profile
the curve of neck
the run of her jawline
her ear visible
through her blonde hair
momentarily
I felt like a vampire
wanting to sink
my teeth
into the soft flesh
of her neck
and **** her sexily
she looked back at me
you owe me
she said
having to go
to that boring art place
ok
I said
what do you want?
I want to see the film
with Clint Eastwood
ok
I said
thinking of the bed
and her
and do what I could
if she would.
A MAN AND WOMAN IN PARIS IN THE 1970S.
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