We were standing...

...in Jen's kitchen.
The evening anchor's
artist man
is from Santa Rosa, California
I have been there, I tell him.
He asks the inevitable
where are you from?
India.
I look up to see him
laughing at me from
across the room.
What, I squint at him.
I cannot believe
you are playing that card.
What card?
The "I am from India" card.
I cross the room
to kiss his laughing mouth.
Piss off, I am laughing too.
I liked that he knew
enough to call me
on my bullshit.