is there access to the fire escape?

the first

thing i look for when

i go to a party

is the exit.

the fire escape,

is there a window

i can crawl out of,

a back door.

how can i get out

of here

after twelve seconds

of small talk

and shaking hands

with strangers.

if not for the scallops

and water

chestnuts

wrapped in bacon,

i'd be gone by now