Here I am

Promptly I settled into the bar,

the cigarette lit, the drink ordered,

the scene now a world around me.

My roommate's lying cheating ex

making the drinks and ignoring me

the way I ignore him.

The bartender from a bar downtown

that I have a crush on, ignoring me

the way I ignore him before leaving

with a cute girl with black hair

inches shorter than him.

Now I'm nobody to be ignored,

just an item of the scene until

my friend arrives.

We'll talk when she gets here.