He Didn't Remember

We began an email
interchange
my
produce prince
and
I

Though
he
slightly
befuddled about
just why
I'd approached
him in what
he thought
such a random way

I remembered

He forgot

We'd been
dinner partners
decades -
a life time
before

I was
21
at most

I thought
he was 44

I remember
we had
dinner

I spent
most of it
worrying
about
how
our
evening
would
end

Though
I wasn't
inexperienced
I worried
about
what I'd
do with a
mature man

Silly fool
all
that I recall
after
that
was making
some excuse
to get home
to my apartment
alone

No wonder
he forgot

In
retrospect
I regret
and
don't

Who
would've
thought
we'd be
where
we are now?