Brunch Bouquet

 

Brunch Bouquet

 

 

 

Christmas lights at the pancake house

plenty of syrup

but out of mistletoe

kisses are melted butter

your image in my water glass

 

no refill, please

I have had enough love

could use another napkin, though

to wipe off the vagrant lipstick

on my cheek

from when you said goodbye,

paid your check

 

and left me sitting alone

perusing the menu

trying to find something

to make me forget

 

we had proposed lunch

for later that day.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

12/12/21

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

As I recall from my days as a mental health worker, many people got depressed during the holidays. Bad memories, nostalgia, etc. This offering is a prime example. Getting dumped sucks any time, but at Christmas, the pain must be doubled.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, even worse then.
thank you, John,
j.

[William Michael Reeves]

If there was plenty of syrup probably got hypoglycemic if you had a full stack...of her love!
At lunch. I'll watch for a poem about lunch?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Bill...
j.

[Chris Shaw]

How lovely. Pancakes. syrup and even vagrant lipstick on your cheek. I guess the mistletoe would have been an additional bonus :)

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

unless it fell into the syrup before the kiss.
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

Pancakes … with blueberries and Maple syrup… and Nat King Cole holding hearts with Christmas Songs and being there for Christmas Eve… with Chestnuts roasting on an Open Fire… listening to your Poetry… I conspire. Merry Christmas…. 🎄 Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I shall conspire with you, Pat,
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

Then we will have a lovely Christmas Eve….

[Patricia]

this is awesome, I really need to start going to pancake houses, mmmmm pancakes, mistletoe and kisses.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

ha ha, thank you, Patricia,'
j.

[Moonie]

Oh god, I truly love this. Pancakes and maple syrup are my favorite. It's sad that they ran out of mistletoe but ahhh the cheeky protagonist got the kiss anyway.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Moonie,
j.