I’d welcome a blush,
I’d welcome a stammer,
I’d welcome a faux pas
Adolescent in glamour.
The menu is perfect,
The seating divine,
Perhaps it would help
If I gobbled my wine.
Talk about weather,
The news, of a play,
No pause is too pregnant
To labour away…
But then of a sudden
Catch eye in discourse,
Share mute understanding:
First date past divorce.
from Dorothy, Were We Once Related: I Was Parker For 24 Years