An Antelope With Issues


from the ABC set Boys, Girls and Alcohol and Random Things (Poetry)

There is no romance in you
Just cold hard truths
No risks or dares or promises
Just box-ticking stories let loose
There is no taking a leap with you
No gushing message, no midnight wink
There's no attentiveness - you said it yourself
Just a possible problem with drink

I fell into your face, your eyes, your hair
And that was my first mistake
Plunged into your accent without a ripple
Submerged in an imagined lake
I replayed three moments religiously
Your back exposed in my bed
But what do all these words even mean
If I'm not the first thing in your head?

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Comments

Highhat | June 24, 2011 - 17:11

Hi Caribou- I think both your cherry-picked poems today are really good. Very skillful

celticman | June 24, 2011 - 21:08

Good ending...great poem.

Parson Thru | June 24, 2011 - 22:41

Soft, like an assassin's bullet. Reminds me of Ian Brown. Nice one.

caribou_ | June 24, 2011 - 22:50

Thank you for your kind comments people! Haven't posted for ages, so really nice to get some positive feedback! Have great weekends y'all!