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Saturday Night Fever Blisters

Paul Cordeiro

Steve sits next to Celia
and Tom sits nearer to Joyce.
Larry gets the taller Mary.
Steve says, “ask Celia
what she wants to drink.”
Larry buys a round and asks.
“I want Sex-On-The-Beach,” says Celia.
Everybody’s eyes dance a striptease.
The boys have T-Bone steaks
while the three ladies nurse
their watered-down drinks.
“When do we dance?” Celia asks.
“These Brazilian passion songs
move too damn fast,” says Steve.
Larry chews and doesn’t care
which girl’s lips move and what
itches between her legs.
“Their dames,” Larry says,
“but we’re brothers at war.”
Larry shouts to the blond waitress
with the longest hair to bring him
another beer and a smile.
The noise and the smoke make Larry
think he’s in the bush again.
“All I want is ten hours of sleep.”
says Larry to Steve
who lights up a cigarette
after his steak hits the sweet spot.
“When are we going to dance?”Celia pleads.
“I’m waiting for the right slow one for us,”
Steve says over the drums and buzz
of voices clashing in the smoke.
He never whispers to Celia
that his engine’s hot as Springsteen’s
and how he wants to kiss her etcetera.
After resting on elbows for two hours
the house lights flood on
and their surrounded.
“I never got my dance,” Celia says.
“Next time I won’t bring them,” Steve says,
and fiddles with the gold chain
dangling off the fat of his neck.
Steve and Larry and Tom go to their cars.
Mary and Joyce get in their cars.
“Good night, Steve.” waves Celia, straggling
behind in the parking lot.
She looks up at the moon
and breathes a few deep breaths
and sighs. She’s going to stop
at the first liquor store she sees.





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