At a time like this when my knees are pressed
uncomfortably against the bar because I’m crammed
in the corner because my favourite spot
is everybody’s favourite spot and the barman tends
to put my newly ordered shot just out of reach
so that I have to reach across the messy counter
top so that I have to face the fact that I
am far too pissed to tip-toe my way towards
that tipple and I reach and grab and spill
and have the presence of mind to squint
sideways to see if anybody saw
then you walk in –
then you make my heart leap out
of that crammed corner
and my knees protest and push back and insist
that I let them go
before you go
because they know, my knees know
they had to wait too long to walk to you
because you are late
dude, work it out
almost three decades late
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