A Woman Resembling Zhoonév

…Pahn has come into a home    He can see

momentarily     across the grey

                                                                                    faded blacktop

                                of the cul-de-sac to the house       where

he was raised and

across the room with its charcoal

couch full of people

                                                                    and the film of light coming

                       through the dusty window

       Leaning down

between two people       he sees

              a dark-haired woman       resembling

                         Zhoonév       bending over       into the sitters

                     and as he stares at her      trying

to determine if it is Zhoonév

She looks up

                                 and notices him paying attention to her   

she continues her conversation and

he continues

                                to wonder if it is Zhoonév or

                        someone similar and

                        just as he decides

                   that she is not Zhoonév she

                comes over to him to talk                           

 Now they are                                          

     at a bar and       as they make their way

through       the crowd              

 along the counter       smiling

and talking                 she becomes

                                           more comfortable and confident

finally leaning up against him

and whispering

                                        into his ear      almost nuzzling him

and he pulls away          knowing

                             that the family of Aiks is in the room and

                    he is embarrassed at her

seducing in their view