Late Love - by
How they strut about, people in love,
/ how tall they grow, pleased with themselves,
/ their hair, glossy, their skin shining.
/ They don’t remember…
How they strut about, people in love,
/ how tall they grow, pleased with themselves,
/ their hair, glossy, their skin shining.
/ They don’t remember…
Talking about the chemical changes
/ that make a body in love shine,
/ or even, for months, immune to illness,
/ you pick a…
In the end,
/ it was nothing more
/ than the toy boat of a boy
/ on the local park’s lake,
/ where I walked with you.
/
/ But…