The Moon Versus
Us Ever Sleeping Together Again

I sit here,
an arch-villain of romance,
thinking about you.
Gee, I'm sorry
I made you unhappy,
but there was nothing
I could do about it
because I have to be free.
Perhaps everything would have been different
if you had stayed at the table
or asked me to go out with you
to look at the moon,
instead of getting up
and leaving me alone
with her.

The Wait

It seemed
like years
before
I picked
a bouquet
of kisses
off her mouth
and put them
into a dawn-colored vase
in
my
heart.

But
the wait
was worth it.

Because
I
was
in love.

I Live in the Twentieth Century

I live in the Twentieth Century
and you lie here beside me.
You were unhappy when you fell asleep.
There was nothing I could do about it.
I felt hopeless.
Your face is so beautiful
that I cannot stop to describe it,
and there's nothing
I can do to make you happy
while you sleep.

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