the corner of the street

we bump into each other on the corner of the street 

you invite me for coffee and a breakfast treat 

you said "we've got some catching up to do" 

let's sit down here in this vacant booth

in between the "how are you's" and "what's new"

we talk about the kids and crazy work we do

we laugh a lot and before the afternoon is through 

everyone has left and there's only me and you 

you say "we really must do this again" "

it's always so good to catch up with a friend" 

we kiss, we hug and each go our own way

going back to the lives that separate

Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License