Balcony Scene

I know, I feel
the same way

but, technically,
if you come down here

this will cease to be
a balcony scene.

In any case, are you
drunk enough to fall

and am I drunk enough
to catch you? These

are the kinds of questions
we need to be asking.

She said she thought she was
just drunk enough to fall

and so, to be safe,
I put out a mattress.

I pulled out all the stuffing
and filled it with other kinds

of sighs and sighs of relief
and then, she floated

softly down.

–February 2, 2018