They watched
the snake charmer
in Tangiers,
a belly dancer
in some night club
where the *****
was expensive
and the air full of smoke
and noise.
Arriving back at base camp
they went their separate ways,
each to their own tent
which they shared
with another.
She wished it was him
in her tent,
not that other girl
who spoke almost non stop
about this and that.
He lay in his sleeping bag
musing on her.
His friend lay asleep
in the sleeping bag
over the way.
He recalled her excitement
watching the snake charmer
with his pipe blowing
and the snake seemingly
hypnotized moving slow.
He wished she was there
beside him,
kissing and making love,
but she was elsewhere,
not there,
and a sense of frustration
in him and the air.
Mar 4, 2018
Mar 4, 2018 at 3:07 AM UTC
They watched
the snake charmer
in Tangiers,
a belly dancer
in some night club
where the *****
was expensive
and the air full of smoke
and noise.
Arriving back at base camp
they went their separate ways,
each to their own tent
which they shared
with another.
She wished it was him
in her tent,
not that other girl
who spoke almost non stop
about this and that.
He lay in his sleeping bag
musing on her.
His friend lay asleep
in the sleeping bag
over the way.
He recalled her excitement
watching the snake charmer
with his pipe blowing
and the snake seemingly
hypnotized moving slow.
He wished she was there
beside him,
kissing and making love,
but she was elsewhere,
not there,
and a sense of frustration
in him and the air.
