Words from a Teacher's Past, 48

“Words, words, words.”

—    Hamlet (2.2)

List #10: (a) luminous, (b) despondent

The ambiance was luminous;

The food, well, unsurpassed.

But still I felt despondent, for

The sky was overcast.

And then the rain in torrents fell—

And all my hopes were drowned:

The lover I had hoped to meet

Was nowhere near around.

So I went home—and there she was!

My wife! Now I explain:
We’d planned to eat outdoors that day,

But then … that freakin’ rain!