Les confidences de salon

I lock my door

upon myself

And so I sit

facing my one constant

and share confidences

like chocolates

on our late night call

our salon

she asks

what is your favorite virtue

I smirk

certainly not patience, most definitely cunning

she asks

what qualities do you desire in a man

I smirk

what do I truly desire....if you know, you know.

Compassion, intelligence, humor, kindness

she asks

what qualities do you favor in a woman

I blink

strength, compassion, intelligence and creativity

she asks

Your idea of happiness?

I pause

time and space to create, to share this experience.  And to know love

she asks

And misery?

I sigh

to have none of that but remember when I did

she asks

where would you like to live

I again smirk

you have to ask..... 

she sits

silent for a moment

smiling

I am smiling too

This time

this space

be it a back veranda

a back table at Pergolisi

or a FaceTime

across the ether

Our Salon

is 

where we want to be

NaPoWriMo  Day 25

Inspired by the challenge to write a poem based on the  “Proust Questionnaire,”

#wabisabipoetry

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