Abela
doesn't like
Schopenhauer
she finds him
depressing
why read him?
she asks me
I like him
he gives me
another
perspective
of the world
but why him?
who told you
about him?
some old dame
I once ******
talked of him
might have guessed
Abela said
who was she?
just a friend
I once had
I tell her
she's quiet
sips white wine
looks around
the street scene
around us
sitting in
the café
she's musing
quite deeply
as dame's do
of other
dames I’ve had
was she good?
she asks me
an ex-nun
I reply
an ex-nun?
she echoes
as a girl
not right now
I tell her
she's silent
sips her wine
Dubrovnik
has its charm
I sip beer
smoke my smoke
read my book
of old man
Schopenhauer
Abela
purred last night
like a cat
after ***
I like that.
Oct 22, 2014
Oct 22, 2014 at 2:37 AM UTC
Abela
doesn't like
Schopenhauer
she finds him
depressing
why read him?
she asks me
I like him
he gives me
another
perspective
of the world
but why him?
who told you
about him?
some old dame
I once ******
talked of him
might have guessed
Abela said
who was she?
just a friend
I once had
I tell her
she's quiet
sips white wine
looks around
the street scene
around us
sitting in
the café
she's musing
quite deeply
as dame's do
of other
dames I’ve had
was she good?
she asks me
an ex-nun
I reply
an ex-nun?
she echoes
as a girl
not right now
I tell her
she's silent
sips her wine
Dubrovnik
has its charm
I sip beer
smoke my smoke
read my book
of old man
Schopenhauer
Abela
purred last night
like a cat
after ***
I like that.
A COUPLE IN DUBROVNIK IN 1970S
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