• One Night in a Bar—A Poem on Sound and Sight
    Poetry

    One Night in a Bar

    The sky was particularly clear that dayTwinkling with stars not seen everydayThere I was waiting outsideTrying to catch the signal to get inside A tough smile greeted me at the entranceA warm smile welcomed me beyondA familiar smile bade me into the tranceA strange smile wondered how to respond One round of tequila with salt and limeAnd the tongues loosened with timeThe glasses clinked once againJust in time for the rest to troop in A short smile noddedA long smile flattenedA mischievous smile goadedA sober smile gladdened One round of gin and tonicThe music started to panicBut the hands were still on the tableAnd the ears were listening to many…