Deviation

Love in Times of Corona

Deviation

On my way to Mizaru,
I was miserable - let's
say this in a French accent
After a huge misunderstanding
With my future ex-partner
Obviously, because I was
Mi-Se-Ra-ble...,
I hit a deviation sign

After a tram breakdown
We were transferred to a bus
Which took forever to arrive
And we waited on the sidewalk
With a pack of teens & Gen Zs
All wired and connected...
Talking to invisible men
Each to themselves

Then the bus came abruptly
Swung and swept us on
the side of another road -
an intersection, vier armen
Called also Quatre bras
I don't know if the symbolism
Of a four arms intersection
Has any meaning but to me
It felt like my patience got
stretched in four different
directions...

When I told him it's his deed
He left and walked away...
I called him to come back
And as I was walking and
Looking at the phone,
Bang! My head went into
A big metal sign post:
>> Deviation <<
He returned and joined me
In the restaurant where we
Had a reservation but upon
Sitting down, a big drop of
Water fell on my forehead
From the high, wide ceiling
Hiding the air conditioning
I excused myself and left
The restaurant for good
There went my reservation
Down the drain with the
Deviation!

It was simply not in my constellation
To keep the reservation and instead
It kept appearing in my imagination
That I should go with the deviation...