Forty-Five Minutes Late
She showed up forty-five minutes past the agreed time with a look that said,
Don’t ask about the forty-five minutes and I read the sign and I didn’t instead,
I’d been sitting with a bourbon and the ambient uncertainty of a man,
Who doesn’t know if he’s been stood up but she knocked and I ran.
To the door and she was standing there with that specific expression on,
The one that means she’s made a decision and the small talk’s gone,
She said she was sorry for the wait and I said don’t apologize,
Based entirely on the current information in front of my eyes.
Forty-five minutes late and worth every single one of them,
Forty-five minutes late, I should’ve known when I saw her come in,
Done up in the way she only is when she’s got a purpose and a plan,
Forty-five minutes late and I’m a very agreeable man,
Didn’t make it to the movie or the dinner we’d discussed and planned out,
Forty-five minutes late, I don’t know what we missed out.
She had me up against the doorframe before sixty seconds had elapsed,
And I had zero objections to the pace or where things collapsed,
Into, from what had been a moderately boring bourbon-flavored wait,
Forty-five minutes late turned out to be the right time of late.
She said she’d been thinking about this since we talked at noon exactly,
I said six hours of concentrated wanting covers the lateness abstractly,
She said it wasn’t quite planning, more the accumulated weight of want,
I said the results are suggestive of a thoroughly productive font.
Forty-five minutes late and worth every single one of them,
Forty-five minutes late, I should’ve known when I saw her come in,
Done up in the way she only is when she’s got a purpose and a plan,
Forty-five minutes late and I’m a very agreeable man,
Didn’t make it to the movie or the dinner we’d discussed and planned out,
Forty-five minutes late, I don’t know what we missed out.
We ate whatever I had available in the refrigerator around ten in the kitchen,
And talked through the evening from the start to where the talk was pitching,
In from every angle and she said next time I’ll be on time,
And I said please don’t do that on my account this time.
She said you’re not complicated to please and I said that’s the nicest thing,
She said take it as fact, not a compliment, same thing,
The movie streams on demand and the restaurant takes a reservation,
Forty-five minutes late is its own recommendation.
Forty-five minutes late and worth every single one of them,
Forty-five minutes late, I should’ve known when I saw her come in,
Done up in the way she only is when she’s got a purpose and a plan,
Forty-five minutes late and I’m a very agreeable man,
Didn’t make it to the movie or the dinner we’d discussed and planned out,
Forty-five minutes late, I don’t know what we missed out.
She showed up forty-five minutes past the agreed time with a look that said,
Don’t ask about the forty-five minutes and I read the sign and I didn’t instead,
I’d been sitting with a bourbon and the ambient uncertainty of a man,
Who doesn’t know if he’s been stood up but she knocked and I ran.
To the door and she was standing there with that specific expression on,
The one that means she’s made a decision and the small talk’s gone,
She said she was sorry for the wait and I said don’t apologize,
Based entirely on the current information in front of my eyes.
Forty-five minutes late and worth every single one of them,
Forty-five minutes late, I should’ve known when I saw her come in,
Done up in the way she only is when she’s got a purpose and a plan,
Forty-five minutes late and I’m a very agreeable man,
Didn’t make it to the movie or the dinner we’d discussed and planned out,
Forty-five minutes late, I don’t know what we missed out.
She had me up against the doorframe before sixty seconds had elapsed,
And I had zero objections to the pace or where things collapsed,
Into, from what had been a moderately boring bourbon-flavored wait,
Forty-five minutes late turned out to be the right time of late.
She said she’d been thinking about this since we talked at noon exactly,
I said six hours of concentrated wanting covers the lateness abstractly,
She said it wasn’t quite planning, more the accumulated weight of want,
I said the results are suggestive of a thoroughly productive font.
Forty-five minutes late and worth every single one of them,
Forty-five minutes late, I should’ve known when I saw her come in,
Done up in the way she only is when she’s got a purpose and a plan,
Forty-five minutes late and I’m a very agreeable man,
Didn’t make it to the movie or the dinner we’d discussed and planned out,
Forty-five minutes late, I don’t know what we missed out.
We ate whatever I had available in the refrigerator around ten in the kitchen,
And talked through the evening from the start to where the talk was pitching,
In from every angle and she said next time I’ll be on time,
And I said please don’t do that on my account this time.
She said you’re not complicated to please and I said that’s the nicest thing,
She said take it as fact, not a compliment, same thing,
The movie streams on demand and the restaurant takes a reservation,
Forty-five minutes late is its own recommendation.
Forty-five minutes late and worth every single one of them,
Forty-five minutes late, I should’ve known when I saw her come in,
Done up in the way she only is when she’s got a purpose and a plan,
Forty-five minutes late and I’m a very agreeable man,
Didn’t make it to the movie or the dinner we’d discussed and planned out,
Forty-five minutes late, I don’t know what we missed out.