Lunch in Early Winter

Lunch in Early Winter

ice menu

         but a warming trend

you think of him through sleeting eyes

but then our longing touches across the table

we sip our cocktails

and wet our lips with appetizers

imagine our tongues reaching for dessert

the hour ends,

you pack up your heart

for another day,

go back to the cold forecast

that lingers in your own backyard,

and i slip back into your distance

back to being a possibility 

an aftertaste

something to remind you

that dinner could bring summer

back to life.

erin-cilberto

12/16/16

Reviews

[.]

Just like having a first date with a potential life partner.

The two share a meal and part ways knowing that if they overcome their own isolation and take another chance their love could blossom into a life long romance.

Excellent use of comparisons with the polar opposite seasons of winter and summer.

Another fine piece of writing, Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insightful words, Doodley...

j.

[Tim]

Wow! The interaction between the two and a poetic interpretation of it. Always great writing Jacob. :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you for your kind words,

j.

[KTizzle]

I really love the juxtaposition of summer and winter in this poem and how the feelings of each season come together during a meal. I loved how that meal took on another meaning as memory for a special time. It makes me think of a taboo meeting. Once again, another excellent write.

Thanks for posting!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Jazz...

j.

[Michael X]

now this, is cool! Good stuff!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Michael..

j.

[Lydia Shutter]

WOW....a rendezvous of a married woman and her would-be lover? The weather metaphor is splendid. I could picture them having a meal and hoping for more. Good one, Jacob. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Lydi...

j.

[Jimmy Yetts]

Humans practically live on promise.
Another profoundly perceptive piece whose uncomfortable truths linger.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Jimmy.

j.

[Corset]

love that line " and you think of him through sleeting eyes" ahhh that's brilliant...simply the crowning point of the whole poem for me, wonderful J.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Corset,
j.

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

I've never thought of it before...in the winter I want sweets and "comfort" food. In the summer I want salads and freedom:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i hear ya...thank you, Queenie.

j.

[Norman 223]

I seem to:remember a very old ballad that said "Fortune comes to those that wait".
Your poem seems to say "As long as you don't have to wait too long"
N.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insightful words, Norman,

j.