paired with a straight whiskey
and Carson McCullers,
I sit at the bar
and watch the windows for you,
wondering what your cocktail
is today.
Is it a sidecar with Bonfire of the Vanities?
Is it a gimlet and The Long Goodbye?
whatever book you bang up
with your tipple,
I will order it for you,
pay, and open the door
like a dumb gentleman.