Animal Hospital

Attraction
you were flying freely
until you met
like two planes coliding
for an explosion
an attraction in the eyes
sharing thoughts
unspoken
regulations seems pointless
you want to feel her
touch her
embrace
feel her fingertips on your spine
but you follow the rules
reduce to survivor mode
a muttering idiot
in an animal hospital
remember why you
came in in the first place
Rabbies vaccine, claws cut, yearly check up
nevermind how curly her hair is
nevermind her slender frame
you dream
that she ask you over
you bring a bottle
of red wine from South Africa
you both stare into each other
as the wine breathes
she politely pours two glasses
and sips out of her own
even though she prefers
pinot griggio
you are suddenly awaken by
the phrase, "Pay up front."