Anyhoo

Yesterday as I was walking, someone who I thought I knew 

Came around the corner, and I didn't know just what to do 

Should I stop and speak to her, or should I stoop to tie my shoe? 

But before my mind was made up, she had disappeared from view 

Anyway, I kept on walking, trying not to misconstrue 

Whether it was Anna Belle or Katie Lynn or Cindy Lou 

Who was in possession of those soulful eyes of ocean blue 

Worthy of and rivaling the awesome power of that hue 

Racking, as I did, my brain to finally alight on who 

It had been or could have been, I plied myself at a breakthrough 

Then, all of a sudden, I extrapolated from that clue 

Yes it was, could be no other, definitely -- it was you 

Stopping in the middle of the sidewalk as though stuck with glue 

I thought that my going home was something that I should eschew 

Rather, I must double back and try at least, or attempt to 

Find out whither you had gone and seek to gain an interview 

Oh, I know! -- I said aloud, as people glanced at me askew 

Maybe you were headed, for some reason, to a rendezvous 

At the place where, long ago, we used to sit and talk and chew 

And, I'm not ashamed to say it, publicly would bill and coo 

Soon enough, I reached the little cafe called The Kangaroo 

There, I found you by yourself, though at a table set for two 

Speaking with a waiter who was bidding you bienvenue 

Who then, most solicitously, lowly bowed and then withdrew 

Maybe you arrived there early, or the other's overdue 

I could not determine rightly which was false and which was true 

Either way, my confidence in who you had been only grew 

Because I identified your little butterfly tattoo 

Musing all this time that, if I got the chance, I would renew 

Our relationship which was, for me, the best of very few 

I, with reckless courage, dashed between the cars and waiting queue 

Causing everything behind me much chagrin and ballyhoo 

Then I wondered to myself what I had gotten me into 

Too late now to turn around, for you had seen my derring-do 

Pulse was racing much too fast, and sweat clung to my brow like dew 

I approached you out of breath, and all that I could say was -- Whew! 

Suddenly as I looked on, I saw you seized with an ague 

Shaking like a leaf, you were; I watched you lift up your menu 

Covering your mouth as though to hold back what must now issue --

Laughter from the inside out; what you would swallow, forth did spew 

Well I guess I had it coming and, I guess, deserved it, too 

Dripping wet with scalding coffee, my whole face covered with brew 

Down it flowed over my chin, a caffeinated Fu Manchu 

So you tossed to me your napkin, to collect the residue 

There I stood humiliated, spare the next turn of the screw 

You gestured for me to sit and willed that it should continue 

Circumspect, I cast about for someone else to then debut 

I've been waiting here -- she told me -- I've been waiting here for you