Lucky Guy
Dinner tonight
Continued my week long experience
Of improbable connections
Not since the extinction of the dinosaurs
Have more worlds collided
I mean we are talking about things
Occurring on an epic level
From this one dumped that one
And being on both sides
To this one married that one
And now married this one
I mean it’s just been a whirlwind
So not unexpected
But equally surprising
Came our latest thriller
Tonight’s episode-
“The Set Up”
I’m dining with two
Of my more favorite friends
From the opposite gender-
The smarter sex as I’ve been told
And they’re chatting it up about their latest dates.
This guy is this
That guy is that
And I’m just taking it all in
Enjoying a mojito
On a nice summer’s night
On the patio
Where the beautiful people dine
At some point as they are comparing notes
They realize they are comparing notes on the same guy
Improbable yes
Impossible no.
Well one of my friends is going out with this Lucky Guy
Tomorrow night
And all of a sudden he doesn’t look so hot
I mean he’s toast
Unless he passes the test
A very harsh test
That I was totally against
But was out voted
And thus I decided to watch the carnage unfold
Friend A, the one with the date the next night
Gets friend B, the one who’s had some dialogue
To text Lucky Guy and see what’s he’s up to
Like, is he around tomorrow night?
Now I’m one for some fun
But this was right up to the line
This was a real challenge
And if Lucky Guy was going to survive
He was going to need to be one cool dude.
The probability that these two friends
Would even be together was a million to one shot
But they were both friends of mine from different worlds
So I got them together
Not knowing that the worlds I unleashed
Were on an epic collision path around the sun
Actually more like around our table
Where the food was great and the drama greater
So the text goes out from Friend B
And Lucky Guy writes back
Nothing too committal
Lucky Guy can’t make it tomorrow
He has a party
But maybe the next day
Whatever works
But Friend A with the date goes nuclear
It’s done
He’s over
No date
No time
No nada
Now let me insert some guy speak here
Lucky Guy did nothing wrong
He’s being affable with a pretty lady who reached out
He doesn’t know that his date is right there
But boy is he about to find out
Because his phone blows up
As Friend A announces her presence
And that hello-
She’s pissed
Now imagine this guy is now getting texts
From two women simultaneously
On his phone
Probably trying just to figure out who’s who
And what’s what
And now the flames fly
Like meteors streaking through the sky
Their tails sparking against the midnight moon
The texts from our table could have powered the whole restaurant
Fifteen minutes of flame-o-grams ensue
But then a funny thing happened
Friend A and Lucky Guy decide they really do like each other
And as the fire subsides
I promote the idea of meeting him up the road for a nightcap
Grab a drink
We can all meet
And see how it goes from there
So we pile into my car
And head up the road to meet Lucky Guy
Now he’s been out with Friend A
But has never met Friend B
They’ve just corresponded
Well sure enough
He shows
And after a brief private conversation with Friend A
And a nice to meet you to Friend B
The grades were in
A bit overwhelmed
And still a little shell-shocked
We all raised a shot
And toasted his success
You see he was cool
And he passed the test
So the date is on
Even if there isn’t really a party
As worlds continue to collide