a little closer to you

by Pierre Minar

Remember the second time we met

After the avant garde performance I missed

When my New Jersey train was late?

I was busy glimpsing your long coat and charisma

Eyes across the crowd when, out of no where, Lou Reed

Was in our way, preventing what we wanted.

I still remember how impatient I felt for Lou Reed to move—

“Get out of the way, Lou,” I thought, because I wanted to get

A little closer to you.

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BIO: Pierre Minar was born in Lebanon and grew up in New Jersey. His work has appeared in Hobart, Bruiser, Keith Journal, and elsewhere, as well as a chapbook called Transmissions From My Yearning Chair by Bottlecap Press.