je ne sais pas

i ask my french teacher

out

for dinner, one night.

she arches her eyebrows and says

moi?

oui, i tell her, flipping through

my new french

phrase book.

c'est une bonne idee,

she says.

ummm. merci beaucoup.

un bistro?

oui, she says.

a ce soir, i tell her.

she smiles and walks away.

whew.

i'm exhausted already.