as i meet new people,

as i meet new people, attend dinner evenings, english speaking events and find myself searching for the right fits in companions (trying each new person on as you might a jacket; does it feel comfortable? does the color suit me? can i afford it?) in this new ville, this new country, this new life; i miss and yearn for the companions, friends, amies left stateside! ...this one that is such a lovely shade of lilac, that one makes me laugh, the classy one, the silent sympatico...yet they are scattered about as well! wisconsin, boston, savannah, texas and so on. if i were wealthy and luxuriously leisurely, i would scoop them all up, each one and wisk them off to live in my own little village by the sea in the sunny south of France to inhabit a carefree life ensemble!