waiting for january.

I’ll wait

because it’s what I do best.

Remember, though, that

I can’t wait forever.

January will come,

and soon, so no

more dawdling, please.

You said that you won’t

be dancing,

I said that was just

fine.

I lied.

You couldn’t ever catch

the disappointed inflection

in my voice because you don’t

wait for my words like I wait

for yours.