Date night

he trained himself to not drink from his water glass

until he finished his entree,

because the wait staff only returns in time to fill

his water glass before they hand him a bill

he does not complain,

because he understands owners do not pay a living wage and

the wait staff gets bigger tips from a table

that orders alcohol and not water

afterwards, he goes to her apartment,

sits on the couch, discusses the merits of nudism,

but she wants to accessorize her cleavage and

he is afraid his manhood doesn’t measure up

so they turn out the lights, tear off their clothes and crawl in bed

9-23-23