Later
by Matt Sheret
“i didn’t see you there” she says.
It should stop
there. Please.
“What are you up to then?” Oh.
I answer her
then. Nothing.
No apology. “I won’t say ‘sorry’”,
and I know that
“Sorry: why not?”
“You and I didn’t fit, you know”
And that’s that
“I know” I lie
And when you disappear to dance
you won’t see me
disappear again.
(July 2009. Basis for short story ‘Later’ illustrated by Julia Scheele, available in Solipsistic Pop Volume 1)
