26. Candle wax all over the table

Tonight
I'm setting up
the table
for two

Like all
the nights
before

I'm making
the entrée

olives
grapes
bruschetta
nuts
pickles
sliced pears
cold cuts
and cheese

I baked the
bread myself
this morning
thinking of you

you can dip it
in the
secret guacamole
and my
patent pending
hummus

I even
remembered
the name
of the wine
you liked

I open
the window
and let
the southern wind in

it brings me
the scent
of you

I sense it
like
a hound dog

you're
faraway

you won't
make it again
tonight

I know

like all the nights
before

Still

I'll put
the table
for two