A Real Gentleman

Sorry I couldn’t take your call
I was making out w a Federal Agent
who was rather feisty and had me
handcuffed (literally – he’s such a kinky one)
so I had to let your call go to voicemail.
Anyway, it was great visiting you
last weekend. Loved your loft in the city
and your lawyer boyfriend seems nice.
It was kind of him to offer to split the check
with us, you and your gallery gig, me as a writer,
we just don’t make a solid income as someone
who is a partner in a firm downtown,
so his gesture was appreciated.
He seems like a real gentleman.



Katie Irish is a freelance writer, fundraiser, and founder of The West End Poetry Series, a monthly poetry series in Hartford, CT. Her work has appeared in 34th Parallel Literary Magazine, Connecticut Gardener Magazine, Life in the Finger Lakes Magazine, The Ithaca Journal, Natural Awakenings Magazine, and Edible Nutmeg Magazine. Previously, she worked in the Office of Donor Relations at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and as the Development Associate at the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, CT. Currently she is the Writers Conference Assistant at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. She lives in Hartford with her cat, Cleopatra.