Third Time Lucky

Workmates not always remembered proportionate to time
common years never thought of,
barely recalled
a few weeks never far from consciousness
frequently recounted.
Conor,– Irish, travelling the world,
work lives overlapped for about six weeks
caricaturally Irish – brogue, auburn hair
humorous,
not always intentional or aware.
Like the time he told us about
talking to a Danish backpacker, blonde, pretty
and a boy’s thoughts turned to boys’ thoughts
so
“ I asked if I could go to bed with her.”
we were dumbstruck
“you what ?..”
“Well I was feeling quite horny a the time,
so I tort why not ask?”
“ Connor !!!
Tis not the first time…
it didn’t work then either.”