Diner

The waitress brings me a glass of water
then sets another place
as if she, too, imagines you were here.

I sip from my glass, then take yours
full to my mouth. Slow river in my throat.
I drink both. First yours, then mine.

Then take the menu, open it up,
shift to feel the place beneath the table
where our knees would touch.

Rasma Haidri

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