{"id":2700,"date":"2022-10-25T18:21:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T22:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/?page_id=2700"},"modified":"2022-11-02T11:30:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T15:30:57","slug":"the-incident","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/poetry-archive\/the-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"The Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"An<\/p>\n

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The Incident<\/h2>\n

by Agelos Berios<\/p>\n

Our first night out the trooper arrested me when following
\nYou back to your place on the suspicion of driving unlawfully<\/p>\n

Drunk. I had my doubts, but I told him I was not intoxicated
\nWith alcohol, but his suspicions were fueled by the ice on the<\/p>\n

Ground, the winter breeze of the Rockies and mainly love
\nAnd longing. He thought even worse when I said all that<\/p>\n

And had me blow under, half a dozen times. When driving
\nMe back to my car along with the apologies he asked me<\/p>\n

How long we were together, and I said first date tonight.
\nI saw him giving me a sideways look, but the prior conversation<\/p>\n

Had established our boundaries of sanity. If only he knew
\nWhen I interviewed him on the way to the testing center<\/p>\n

And said that if drunk they would keep me until late morning,
\nI had already cursed him silently because the possibility<\/p>\n

Not to be with you that night would be devastating like
\nThe fire with the good flames that mesmerizes you and<\/p>\n

You should put out, but you want it all on a while longer
\nTo talk to you in all the bright colors and warm sounds<\/p>\n

A fire like that makes. I felt bad for the young cop
\nAnd his agony and wanting to make him feel better<\/p>\n

I let him in, on the wisdom of my grandmother\u2019s poetry
\nAnd the philosophy of my ancestors. I told him<\/p>\n

That anticipating love is just as fine of an ecstasy
\nAs love itself, when it comes on like fire, and he could not<\/p>\n

Hide the smile. He immediately offered an apology
\nAnd asked for a favor since I knew his commander,<\/p>\n

An older, high-ranking civil servant I\u2019d met over eggs and coffee
\nAt a friend\u2019s place a few months prior, where we hit it off.<\/p>\n

The trooper questioned why I did not say anything earlier,
\nAnd with a raised eyebrow stared what if. I shrugged it off.<\/p>\n

I did not ask him if I looked drunk. Maybe I did for all the
\nReasons I offered, or maybe it was my car\u2019s broken<\/p>\n

Bumper\u2014you don\u2019t expect that on a nice leased car\u2014maybe it was
\nMy borrowed suit or long hair, maybe my accent or all of the above.<\/p>\n

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Agelos Berios<\/b><\/span>\u00a0(@AgelosBerios) is a Toronto-born, Canadian-American poet and entrepreneur of Greek descent. He lives, works, and writes in South Florida.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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