Free Verse · Love
Across the Table
You across the table,
sleeves rolled, telling me the story
of your day like it's an epic —
and to me, it is.
Kingdoms have fallen, love,
for less than how you look right now,
reaching for the check
you'll never let me pay.
Original poem © QuillOak — free for personal use.
“Across the Table” by The QuillOak Editors — quilloak.com/poems/across-the-table
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