Poetry

This is my attempt at transforming a personal advertisement into poetry.  I found this one on page 132 of the Matches section in the Washington City Paper.  My selection number is 901122; it was titled Green Jacket at Mercury Grill.   You were wearing a green jacket and talking to a female friend.  We smiled and kept smiling long after I passed you.  I wore a red collared shirt and a grey sweater, and was with a friend and her dog.  I came back later and we smiled some more but you were talking to a drag queen.  I finally got a drink as an excuse to meet you but you took off with your friend as we smiled one last time.  I’m ready to say hello.  I hope you will say the same. 

1.  You were wearing a green jacket,
2.              Talking to a female friend.
3.                                      We smiled. 
4.    Kept smiling long after I passed
5.                We smiled one last time,
6.           But, I am ready to say hello.
7.                                       Hope you.
8.                                        The same.