The night you met your latest boyfriend
was the night I broke up with my last girlfriend
and I can’t help but wonder
where we would be
if our timings had been somewhat different.

You were at the bar
fending off the advances of some drunken jerk
when Steve came up to you
engaged you
saving you from having to talk to that ogling lech
who wandered off, muttering
leaving you alone
with Steve.

You were slow to warm to him
but he had kind eyes
and a funny smile
and the initial hookup
quickly reshaped
becoming something more.

Meanwhile
at the same bar
things went bad to worse with Alicia
as she commanded so much attention
requiring me to talk to no one else
or look at no one else
including the blonde at the bar
who turned out to be you.

Alicia argued
and Alicia accused
and Alicia uttered oaths
and eventually
at evening’s end
the altercation arrived
at an area where our implosion
was assured.

We agreed to put a cap
in out two months together
and follow it with a lifetime apart.

So it didn’t work out with Alicia and I
and clearly
the timing was not right for you and me.
But I wonder
if you and Steve somehow
avoid the aisle
do you think eventually
you can make time
for me to ogle you again?