1.)
the woman
with her heart caught
in her throat
gets out of the car,
stands on the street
overlooking the dark ocean.
there is a song
playing in her mind,
an Al Di Meola piece
at once familiar and sad,
but the title escapes her.
2.)
the man,
sitting in a diner
in another part of the country,
looks up from his coffee
and sees his reflection
in the plate glass window.
in the middle distance
there is an image of her
answering the door
on a cold winter evening:
he steps into the lit
entryway and wraps
his arms around her,
glad to get out of the snow
and into where it is warm.
3.)
as a cold finger of wind
draws a strand of hair across her forehead,
she suddenly recalls the name of the song.
in the diner, the image of her fades.
he finishes his coffee, smokes
a cigarette and pays the bill.
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