i’ve never been inside
your house
how the lamps glow strangely
from the inside out
the dark street address
the numbers float
inside my head
i never set foot
on your front porch
let alone
knocked on your door
there is a first time
for everything
i hear
the champagne bubbling
flashlight starlight
mints and a bottle
you open the door
in powder blue
the dust and dusk
lace hands
lady and gentleman
this is everything
i hear
the champagne bubbling