red plaid jacket

it is impossible not to notice him immediately
thin, elegant, well-cut sandy-brown hair
hazy green eyes, sensual smile
wears mahogany cowboy boots, legs crossed nonchalantly
left foot taps rhythms of jazz
escaping from discreet earphones
hasn’t removed the classy red plaid jacket
black shirt, anthracite designer jeans,
midnight fedora cocked over his right ear
sitting in afternoon sunlight
sipping sparkling water, blue bottle emptied
silver bracelets jangle, gold fountain pen
scratches words quickly on gray paper
he fingers an oversized square ruby ring
smiling knowingly…
I watch him get up, languorously,
leave too much money under a plastic ashtray
wink, rewarding my audacious staring
handing me a dove-colored envelope...
perfect day


red plaid jacket
2007.30.4...a]