Seeking out old friends,
most of whom
are men

for conversation, companionship, catch-up;
unsure,
maybe the lonely acting up again.

She settles whenever
longing to be loved into oblivion,
selling
never telling
but waiting
hoping the jackpot will be met
by keeping in touch with familiar acquaintance
or simply by touching basis
leaving behind
fingerprint, bedsheet & lip traces-

results of prospects
that receive 
and still neglect -
unwilling to miss the good thing,
trying out without buying out

after something
yearning to be appreciated
as a natural woman
in vain, 
hovering over the age clock,
her ring finger twitches

touched by phantom itch.