Tonight's Poet Corner: Sonnet Solstice #205

The Girl In A Suit
by Belinda Roddie

The girl in a suit and a salmon pink
shirt told me, "I'll kiss you for a quarter,
twice for another. Fire your stupid shrink
and ride with me to Havana's border
on a boat, with a cocktail in your fist.
We'll hide out in a broken down café
and never tell anyone that we kissed,
and lovely ladies will serve us lattes
laced with a minty liquor that's so sweet,
you think it's from a distant memory,
and you'll feel lighter with each new heartbeat
as I take you to bed at half past three.
We'll go where the gods always gladly went,
and all I need for that is fifty cents."

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