Poetry by Christine Brooks
I was distracted,
looking this way and that
enjoying cocktails,
laughter & the company
of a stranger just for a
moment
one moment
I knew you were there,
always, so I took
another sip, laughed another
laugh and turned my back
on you
to dance
just for one moment
you had perfected it
though,
the Irish goodbye
and
I never saw it coming
sometimes, I still think
you will come walking back through the front door
and my heart
beats & a smile turns up
just for a moment
hello —
did you forget your cap?
I say to no one
Christine Brooks holds her M.F.A. from Bay Path University in Creative Nonfiction. She has two books of poetry available, The Cigar Box Poems and beyond the paneling. Her next two, inside the pale and the hook-switch goodbye, will be released in 2023.
