_52. Nightclub

We showed those bankers
a thing or two about
how to move
on the tabletop;
that it’s easier to impress women
by dancing than with
bottle service,
even if the champagne comes with
a sparkler tied to the bottleneck.
The last night of July was swelter.
Inside the club and out
the temperature stayed high
right on through
and we danced into August
with the cavernous skyline of the Bund
grim across the river,
the skyscapers one by one
shutting the lights off
for the night.