after six weeks of texting and phone calls

he was a large

man,

she told me. speaking of her

long awaited

blind date

at the Italian restaurant.

he was pleasant

enough, but

i felt

nothing that made me

want to see him again.

he had nice

blue eyes

and pulled the chair out

for me.

he was generous.

kind

and thoughtful, 

eager, as recently

widowed or divorced 

men often are.

then

he tried to kiss me

when he walked me to my

car,

but i turned my cheek

avoiding his lips.

he said, okay, okay.

i'm sorry, then drove off.