How?

its 7.30, I am sitting at a sidewalk cafe cum bar
nursing my 2nd glass of wine
that I have come all the way to town to drink
because the (17 x 7) + (12 x 4) bottles of wine
downstairs, sitting undrunk in MTP's cellar
have been seriously taunting me.

Like seriously.

So you could say I'm happy right now,
kinda but not quite.

I decided I'd come to town,
have a coupla drinks, loosen up
have dinner with my aunt and the kid

But now, here with me
are two 8 year olds
on their 3rd round of
'Themed Pavement Catwalk'
the first round was regular modelling
the second, hiphop catwalk
and now we have spastic

Now I could easily ignore their antics
pretend I don't know them
but I, have the honour
of being the judge, the one and only

Now they want to run into the dining area
"okay I tell them, don't make a mess
and don't make too much noise"

The waitress comes out
"Its ok, children are welcome,
I have 2 of my own too."
O:

So, I am wondering how I got here?
how my 'nice, quiet drink' plan
got messed up and these 2 kids
finagled their way into my care

I swear they didn't want to come out for dinner at all
insisted on being left in the courtyard to play
yet curiosity piqued when I said I was off to the bar
at first they wanted to just see where I was
then they wanted ice-cream money
then they sat themselves right down!
and drank my water.

'Can we please eat now?' asks Sean
'What about your mom?'
We call her, she has a work dinner

Its just me, Sean and his strange little girlfriend
whose grasp of english
encompasses but 2 sentences
'You smell like shit'
and
'yo yo yo!'

I bundle them into the restaurant
they agree to share fettuccine with lakks
which in english speak is salmon
the meal comes
and we discover that Katherina
doesn't eat salmon

I order my 3rd glass of wine.