On the Count of 28

There was a sense of incompletion that had always been there---

but I liked dodging in and around them---

to see your face from afar

you were more beautiful when you couldn't see me---

when you couldn't destroy me up close

And then I spent that night thinking of all the haphazards

and happy accidents that led to our meeting

and I thought it all unmerited

undeserved

because I never liked dominoes

to

begin

with

It was just too frosty for my taste---

and the ivory was just another unwarranted death of an elephant

but I'd be lying if I said I didn't love

pulling

the

trigger