It’s Getting Late

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I suppose you know

How the evening will eventually go

There will be good food

To set the mood
















You will be, at once





Both easy and tense





Feign nonchalance





At first glance

























The banter will grow





Just so that she is sure





After dinner it could go





Right up to her door

























There will be talk





Of cinema and books





Half way through





Both on tenterhooks




















By the time the dessert is served





Still space left





For such a meal, you were





For eons bereft




















You drop her





Right outside her place 





‘Will she won’t she?’





Who will initiate





Take that risk on a first date




















Parting of the lips so slight





You know the moment feels right





Could there be a hint





More blatant




















Finally you here





The magical words    





‘Come in for coffee’





That hot beverage





Much maligned 





The last thing 





On your minds


					

		
		

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						About Vandana Kumar						

						
Vandana Kumar is a Middle School French teacher in New Delhi, India. An educator with over 20 years of experience, she is also a French translator and recruitment consultant. Her poems have been published in various national and international journals and websites like ‘Mad Swirl’, Toronto based ‘Scarlet Leaf Review’, Philadelphia based ‘North of Oxford’, UK based ‘Destiny Poets’, ‘Lothlorien Poetry Journal’, Saint Paul, Minnesota based ‘Grey Sparrow Journal’, California based ‘The Piker Press’, Canada based ‘Halcyon Days’,  ‘Founder’s favourites’, W-Poesis, Singapore based ‘Borderless Journal’, ‘Madras Courier’, Glomag etc. She has featured in anthologies like Houston, Texas based – ‘Harbinger Asylum’ and in two prestigious ones by the US based Indie Blu(e) Publishing – ‘Kali Project’ and ‘But You Don't Look Sick’. She has been part of two projects of the World literature series on Post-modern voices and critical thought. She was a jury member for the ‘All India Poetry Competition’ organized by ‘Cocoa-Butter’ and also co-edited their debut print anthology that resulted from this competition. She also writes articles on cinema that have appeared on websites and journals like ‘Just-cinema’, ‘Daily Eye’, ‘The Free Press Journal’, Boloji.com and The Artamour.

						

							
						

					

				

					

	


				

				



	
			

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