I remembered you randomly today,

& thought about that one date.

You took me to a low-lit, 

cool-cocktail-named,

nothing less than $15 place

& talked about mixology

& I didn't care.

I thought it was cool that you had a tattoo

but also thought it was kind of a shitty tattoo.

You smoked 10, 000 cigarettes

& I felt mildly poisoned.

I always thought you were cute in highschool

& told you that years later on facebook.

I was caught in your social web

& decided to add another dimension

& meet in person.

So we did & we went to a few bars.

In the middle of one of them

you said: "Kiss me right now."

So I did

& we were a movie in the middle of mediocrity 

for just a memory of a moment.

Even a girl came up & said: "Y'all cant be kissing like that in front of all of us single people!"

But I started laughing and told her it was our first kiss

& she said "Damn! Really?!"

Because I knew, 

& I guess everyone else knew, that looked good.

So we give that kiss room to escalate,

We go back to your place.

I know it's fast but there I am,

looking at your tv show collection naked

& judging your choices

Game of Thrones, not bad,

back to pretend sleeping in this new environment.

Then there's some romantic morning boner

& you walk me out

& call me dude

& give me a poor excuse for a hug 

while my wincing face is on the other side of your shoulder.

I laugh and shake it off as soon as my car key turns

& only think of you 

when you come up as a dumb anecdote.