Note Left on a Plate at a Buffet

by Glen Martin Fitch

I like the way you eat.
It says a lot about a man,
your way with fork and knife.
You're careful,
cautious of what's hot,
but with each bite
I watch you relish life.
My God,
if you could see yourself
right now as I do.
Did you know your eye brows
dance each swallow?
Others munch and gnaw
like cow or pig at troth,
like zombies in a trance.
You savor,
pace yourself and
wisely pick.
You breathe.
You drink,
not greedy gulps,
but sips.
And when just now
that sauce I saw you lick,
I thought
'If only I could only kiss those lips.'
But now your face
reveals dismay, surprise.
Look up
and see the hunger in my eyes.

From: 
8/11




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ABOUT THE POET ~
Glen Fitch is a 16th Century poet lost in the 21st Century. Born near Niagara Falls, educated in the Catskills, thirty years on the Monterey Bay he now lives in Palm Springs. Retail not academics has paid the bills. Someday he will finish Spenser's "The Fairie Queene."


Last updated August 24, 2011