Raegan Butcher's Blog - Posts Tagged "love"

PLAYING IT COOL

I hadn’t been with a woman
in four years
now here I was
going on a dinner date with
an old flame from high school
and on the drive
to the restaurant
I told myself
you are not going to flirt with her
you are certainly not going to hit on her
just play it cool, man, play it cool.
she has a different last name
so, she is probably married
don’t flirt with her
don’t hit on her.
you are just old friends
meeting again
to catch up on
the last thirty years
so play it cool, for god’s sake
play it cool.

I arrived first
and sat waiting,
telling myself, over and over,
just play it cool,
when she tells you
about her husband
and her family and how
happy she is,
simply smile and be happy for her too,
just play it cool, man
play it cool.

her car pulled into the parking lot
I saw her through the windshield
that familiar brown hair
and the same lovely face
from back in the day

she climbed out of the car
I glanced at her slim ankles and her long legs
remembering them wrapped around me
in better days

I walked up and we hugged
I looked into her soulful brown eyes, smelled her hair, it was intoxicating

I promptly got an erection.

she felt it pressed against her mid-section,
laughed and said, “Well, it’s nice to see you too.”

So much
for playing it
cool.