Pasquale Trozzolo
Thoughts of Social UnDistancing
Nice to meet you
What if we met in a bar
What if we drank bourbon
What if it was 10:00 p.m.
What if there was a dark corner?
What if we met on a train
What if I asked what you’re reading
What if you read poems
What if I knew all the lines?
We if we met in a gallery
What if we loved the same art
What if you asked me to hold your hand
What if we didn’t stop there?
What if we met on the dance floor
What if I saw your red dress
What if I knew how to Tango
What if you liked my embrace?
So nice to meet you too.
—Submitted on on 03/27/2020
Pasquale Trozzolo is retired from a career in advertising and public relations. His poems have appeared in The St. Thomas Source. Trozzolo has also been a race car driver, grad school professor, and magazine publisher. He lives in Kansas.
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