her legs shook
the eyes were fixed on his
his gaze followed
the tea dripping on her lap
conference meetings
in a foreign city
no such thing as shame
when one’s traveling
she ignored
the ring adorning his hand
he dismissed
everything she had to say
it began to rain
she remarked the rain
he ate late lunch
idiosyncratically
she will brag
to her friends about her date
with the European
he will tell his wife he missed her
he paid for both
she scratched her neck
soon they’ll be strangers
on the same train
Patricia Mulaney is an MA student of the Humanities in Vienna, Austria. She writes when she's upset.
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