A Grand night Out

It was to be a grand night out
with music and dancing.
He had refused to dance,
said he would rather watch
so they sat together in silence.
She heard the merriment of their friends,
envied them.
He excused himself, went off to the men’s room.
She used to say he had the fastest zip in the West
because he always came back
before she was aware he had gone.

That night was different;
he was gone for an age.
The dancers
whirled and twirled,
twirled and whirled.
while she sat alone waiting
and the knot of fear in her belly grew
with each passing second.
She took herself off
and found him
in the arms of her best friend,
laughing down into her eyes
his mouth just above hers
their breaths mingling
their hips touching
swaying in time to the music.
She felt invisible,
as though she had ceased to exist;
of course in a way she had…

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