<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=545835" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>At the time...</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A car pulled up, in front of a house, at four o'clock in the morning.<br>A man came out of the car, and stood in silence in the dark, dark dark. <br>Quiet as a mouse, a woman came out of the house, opened the gate and walked into a garbage bin, making a godawful clattering.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Drowsy neighbours, across the road, peeked out<br>from behind the nosy curtains of their boring bedroom.<br>But nothing happened, while the clouds moved on, <br>and the frail moonlight was well again.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Under a blanket of glittering stars, she handed him two suitcases<br>and he hurried 'round to open the boot but just then, <br>the toilet lights on the second floor came on. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The neighbours behind the curtains froze like statues.<br>Swiftly, the man and the woman crouched down behind the car.<br>In the quiet of the night, they could all hear the urine <br>gurgling long, loud and plenty into the toilet bowl.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Behind the car, the man and the woman started<br>groping and kissing and groping and kissing furiously.<br>The neighbours saw them do it by the light of the moon and stars.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the toilet flushed, they quietly shut the boot, <br>tiptoed to the front, got into the car, <br>and the roar of the car engine died away. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The neighbours closed the curtains. Didn't say much. <br>Ate sandwiches and milk. Still couldn't sleep. <br>Started to make love loudly, as if to drown out forever <br>the drunken snoring beginning again<br>across the road.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(1989)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Simmon+Tan">Simmon Tan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=545835" data-title="At the time... de Simmon Tan" data-description="A car pulled up, in front of a house, at four o'clock in the morning. A man came out of the car, and stood in silence in the dark, dark dark. Quiet as a mouse, a woman came out of the house, opened the gate and walked into a garbage bin, making a..."></div> </div> </div>

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