Somehow, I just knew you’d say that
A line, and quite like me, much-used
“What’s a nice girl like you doing
all alone in a place like this?”

“Come here often, what’ll you have?”
Somehow, I just knew you’d say that
Smiling, I said “What you’re having”
Thinking, at last, alone might pass.

When we rolled together, one on
rumpled, sex-sticky, sweat-damp sheets
Somehow, I just knew you’d say that…
“The best damn fuck I ever had.”

Later, curbside, when we parted
I kissed you, asking “See you soon?”
Eyes ahead, you said, “I’ll call” and
Somehow, I just knew you’d say that.

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