craigslist missed connections by audrey metzger

temple israel,
rosh hashanah services.
my trumpet’s own feast.
 
                           at planet fitness
                           parking lot, you on your phone,
                           I whistled, you smiled.
 
                                                           I saw you dancing
                                                           at club columbus, wanted
                                                           to take you to bed.

convenience store aisle,
your denim jacket, smoky.
deep blue eyes. call me.

                           steam room at the gym,
                           your towel slipped as you stood up.
                           I liked what I saw.

                                                           sucked you off in the
                                                           safeway bathroom, you left once
                                                           ​you came. what’s your name?

picked up cigarettes
you’d dropped, standing in front of
The Pearl, your teeth glowed.

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audrey metzger is a recent college graduate residing in central ohio. she is a cancer sun, and that explains a lot. she collects vintage decorative souvenir plates, drinks wine in the bath, and drives with all the windows down. she writes about sex, sexuality, and womanhood. she can be reached at metzge_a1@denison.edu.
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