Cheese Plate

was it a day to remember
sunny and warmed beyond the date
a planned encounter almost missed
for the frivolity of everyday

your short jacket pulled tight
snug against your navy frame
a reflection of you caught
in my golden lenses looking back at you

set alfresco on the busy street
amid the revelry of the art found there
park side in the light breeze
both of us heady and consumed in the smoke

conversation with a loved stranger
the best kind, soundtrack playing in our heads
knowing that tomorrow was near
neither of us acknowledging the coming nightfall

stemware bares our fruit, bubbled and rose
the tattooed server delivering our end
set before me the omen I had missed all along
your first choice our durer le cours