Distain/Suspicion/Mistrust/Indifference.
Her face was not oblique
but obvious
like white type on the expression of a shadow
lit from behind by track lighting
It was clear
and it said with words
spoken into the collective silence of the serendipitous lull in the seven surrounding conversations taking place at a nice high end restaurant
the sentence
started “I”
and meant
that she loved him
tangibly
And so would never love him
Indecision
Distain
Suspicion
Mistrust
Indifference
blurred
the past tense of blur
it was blurred
as it was
it was not now
but now it was
as before
like your hand beneath turgid water
Cascade of blue house paint over red silk
fountains of gold leaf
Baroque
ornate
gaudy
glowing
pretty of course
but removed
and just for looks
Nothing is a pretty girl afraid of more
than love
being in and being
