Poem: Mentioning Something About Love

She mentioned something to me about love.

There were some other arbitrary comments,

and then that little gem…

it seemed she was talking about love.

At the time of course I didn’t tell, you never do,

you just look straight down at your shoes when a woman

is talking to you – and hope they’re not tied, so that you’ve

got something to do – or else you’re just as b…