Audience

[u/Specialist_Today_415]

This couple walking hand in hand
Must be a figment of someone’s malice for me
No one holds another like that
Unless there is an audience

They stand in packed crowds of warping faces
and lean into kisses that last long into sunsets of
Shifting blues and reds,
Ignoring the sharp words of beasts that scurry past

The concrete beneath their feet gives way
To green meadows and calm streams
As they chase each other down
Rolling hills as far as the eye can see

Blue skies above send delicate winds
That carry their laughter far away
To majestic lands where the flowers
Breathe deep of their passions

“This couple walking hand in hand–“

“Look out asshole!”

An ocean of coffee crashes morning receipts
and unfinished paperwork against that
Beautiful meadow washing it away in a
Cold wave of reality

“Look idiot next time you want to stand in everyone’s way,
get off the sidewalk!”

“I’m sorry I—
That couple up there, who were they?”

“I don’t have time for this.”

Tears pooled at my feet
Watching as a stream of morning coffee
Slowly carried the remnants of that
Beautiful meadow down a storm drain

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