Vegi Date

She looks under every chair,
in every organic produce aisle,
on every website designed to find love.
But he is nowhere to be found.
He drives a bus through Alaska
with tourists from the Mainland
and leaves his belongings at rest stops
and roadside Diners.
He builds houses out of clothes,
and sleeps in a co-op
and disappears from life for days on end.
But when he calls she answers
and runs to his side.
They eat veggie sausage and home grown corn
and he stays under the covers
longer than any man ever could.
And for a moment she's happy
and thinks he could be the one.
Until she wakes and rolls over
and finds an empty bed.