Latest (3rd) Break-Up Poem by bill costley

To: Patricia

At the new karaoke in the Social Center,
after I slid into the chair beside you,
you shooed me away, pointing me to
“Sit further away (by one seat)
I don't need you...”(anymore) :
I instantly rose & left, but soon
slipped back in with incomers
to sit on the other side of the room
to your suppressed surprise.

Days later: you ignored me
as I stood a few feet from you
as you were about to enter
Donna's B&W car. Later,
returning to the parking-lot,
getting into her car again, alone,
Donna admitted to me: 'Bill,
I don't know what happened...
Her mind is like a 5yr-old's.'
I replied: “I just want her to get what
she needs. Even if I can't see her.”
& offered an aluminum shower stool.
Donna explained it wasn't needed,
but waved to me as she drove away
out of the parking-lot.

(27FEB13,3: 44PM PDT V V, Santa Clara) v2