Night Club

Each one of them different.
But each is someone
who has had his heart
toyed with until fork-tender.
Now, here, dancing
to his own music,
each one thinks it
would be nice to need another.
You are also here.
This has to do with trying
to achieve some approximation
of what you desire.
This is more than the slender hope
of a man on vacation
in a land of beautiful people.
You see, when each one smiles
to the other, he is convinced
he can taste blood.

Mark Jason Weston