All Action No Theory  #100
August  23,  2002
 

and so I nabbed
his lighter,

I thought i was
being clever
throughout the evening
I palmed his
minute man lighter
until i had forgotten
and it would eventually
reappear on top
of his cigarettes
Camel Turkish Royal

It was silly of me,
but important because
I had just turned 33

People haven't hidden
their lighters
from me in a while now

Tonight I went
to sweetwater martini bar
to have him draw
a caricature
"10$ but for me
free" he had said

The night was a wash
I find him conversing
with a man sitting at
the bar who is looking
through his portfolio

He is drinking scotch
and putting out
a cigarette he
had forgotten
between his fingers.

I sit down at the bar
and smile and politely
return his lighter and his
cigarettes

he laughs and say’s
“they’re not mine."