Mona Lisa Smiles

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Mona Lisa Smiles


Sheepishly,
he crept into the flat, having first
taken off his shoes outside the door.
Hesitant,
with infinite care,
he put down each foot and froze
every time a floorboard creaked.
He hardly knew now what had made him
accept the woman's invitation
to come in for a coffee.
All he had planned to do
was to see her home,
safely;
she wasn't even his concern,
she had been his friend's date.

Soon,
it would be morning.
The love of his life lay,
fast asleep, in their bed;
it was hardly worthwhile
joining her there,
he'd only wake her,
an inconsiderate thing to do
in the small hours,
he said to himself.
He would lie down on the sofa
in their living room instead.
By the thin light of early dawn
filtering through the half-drawn curtains
he saw La Gioconda on the wall
above the sofa;

She knew
and he knew she knew.

Friko

Posted over on her site Friko's World
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