fill in the blanks

by J.J. Campbell

stealing glances
underneath street
lights, soulful
music blasting
in the night air

i know you can't
be happy or you
wouldn't be
looking

and just as i
muster up the
courage to slip
you my number
as your boyfriend
wasn't looking

the lanky geek
took your hand
and pulled you
away

off into the dark
for who knows
what

i had just spent
the last ten hours
standing, baking
in the sun,
listening to
music

a pursuit was
definitely not
in the cards

i'll let my
imagination
fill in the
blanks of
what could
have been