Scene 208: Black Tie

I took a shower twice that night

tried on four shirts

and had eleven mints

Tied my tie tight

Buttoned the buttons

and combed my hair

six times

I stared

for twenty-two minutes

I walked by the door ten times last night

breathed out eighteen times

and in nineteen

Reached towards the wood

fingers hiding,

as they hovered

suspended

I followed suit