manic pixie dream boy

it’s meeting under the light of an imitation gas lamp
+ shy hellos + kind eyes + polite laughs +
my too-long stories over cauliflower wings + artisan cocktails +
maybe just maybe opening up + maybe you too + 
shall-we-continues + night skies like great junkyards of light +
fingers creeping along fingers + maybe-we-just-mights + 
kisses under cherry blossom mesh + tightening knots of lust +
this-could-be-the-ones + moonlit tokes + sips before roommates fall asleep +
suddenly it’s three am + the glow is enough for me + sex can wait + + +
no it can’t + you hate it at home + you can’t stand this city +
you run into the maddening traffic + barely make it to the other side +
down a half-quart of jack daniels before i can catch up to stop you + 
tell me i should give up on all my ambitions + that i’m awful +
that life should degrade into flight + the police come +
you’re incensed + drunk + raving + supernal +
i think i’ve fallen + i know i shouldn’t have + the ambulance takes you away +
i’m left alone + stranded on the side of the road + living out the last flickers
of another manic pixie dream