running away
leaning back on the wall
your droll smile paints your face
and your eyes fix on mine
as it has for most of the evening
as if you called me
I come near
and nearer
leaning over you
"I apologize
but I cannot take the kiss
you want me to take"
I bow my head
my lips dry and trembling
I graze your cheek
and I turn around and leave
--andoy
3 October 2005