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startled insomnia,

sleeps through the shrapnel

but wakes trifling at incorrect place settings

and shrimp forks with no reflection

you knew just the right part of me to use,

and my table was your courtesy

my eyes peeled like napkins

melting against black iron tears

and here i am, leaning up in bed

silent light,

reading your last letters

wishing you knew that my bad etiquette

was unintentional,

and i was hoping to have a redo

another chance to wake up in your heart

raising a toast to the pillow talk

we missed when the first dream

blew itself up,

without asking permission to leave the table.

erin-cilberto

2/14/16

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

A lovely write J, clever as always! Yes you're on a losing streak here with insomnia you can't even dream about her, little lone wish she was next to you on reflection being alone for a rerun.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, andrew.

j.

[Lydia Shutter]

Emily Post would be blushing! :) Ah, to be able to wake up in the heart of a lost love....to be able to hit the rewind button and do it all over again....even if you blundered....makingthe same faux pas... it would be worth it! Wonderful metaphor. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

hey if i could get her to blush....success...:)

thank you for your insights, Lydi...

j.

[B]

Something about this meal for two was off
i love how you insinuate a flaw in the menu
a misplacement of eating utensils
Steering away from blame
Showing you care enough to say
come on let's do this one again

love it

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you again for your kind words, Nisreen.

j.

[Lyn Anderson]

Sometimes relationships just dissolve despite our best intentions, and we look back on those with regret. Well done and sharp as ever.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, KL

j.

[Alfred Kukitz]

A martini, then another and all the misgivings of yesterday melt into a blur. Say goodbye then have another.

Cheers!

Regards,
Al

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your visit, my friend...

j.

[Norman 223]

If music be the food of love then poetry is the aperitif. You juxtapose your similes so well in describing the hunger for affection.

Poignant and heartwarming. Thanks Jacob.

N.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Norman...

j.

[Carolynn]

Such amazing analogies you use - I hope both the insomnia and broken heart find rest - sounds like they need it so they can ready themselves for future pillow fights :) beautiful words Jacob

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind comments, Carolynn...

j.

[JayceeC]

No real words here. Tired from only 3 hrs last night and this...well been there too. Thank goodness I don't go there often.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Jan...hope you can get some rest.

j.