hurried love

i danced with such a pretty girl
30 years ago
in someone's living room

so many of us drugged
enchanted
waking simultaneously

it could have been
a scene
from 'dream'

someone put a record on
happy music
'you can't hurry love'

animated pagans
still high
from last night's revel

i danced
with the prettiest girl
in the room

2 months later
we were engaged
to be married

i haven't seen her
in 29
years.