false 2873779 male North Haven, CT 10/2009 12/2009 0 38 20 true 7442831 read 2 true 7442830 currently-reading 16 true 7442829 to-read 0 false 9097444 wishlist http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/55687.blue_wind?chapter=1 http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259784772p2/2873779.jpg 2873779 Eryk http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259784772p2/2873779.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2873779-eryk Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:01:10 -0800 through yellow glass

I realize

the
greens
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had he waited
and not said what he said

would she have stayed
or at least
like the other times: silence until he apologized?

maybe
maybe not

it didn’t matter

he couldn’t control that
nor her

maybe it’s not control
so much as it is
preventing her from killing herself

the booze
parties
other men

each to excess

destruction flowed through her veins

he stared at the stool
beside him

should he have waited?

it didn’t matter

he put his elbows on the bar
and stared at the circle
left behind by his beer bottle

“another round, bartender.”
“for you and the young lady?”
“yep.”

he sat
and watched the ice
melt
in her drink

still hoping.
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would she have stayed
or at least
"...more]]>