that’s what I want
the love scenes in movies
the poetry the characters leap off with
only to hit the pavement


but they get up again


I did that last night
I leapt into his arms
kept him in my bed


all the wrong first moves
because I can’t risk a second


he’s yet to call me back.





08/11/2007
Author's Note: truth doesn't seem to matter 

Posted on 08/12/2007
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Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Matthew Sharp on 08/12/07 at 01:46 AM
seems so.
Posted by Morgan D Hafele on 03/09/08 at 07:37 PM
i've always made the wrong first move, but i never thought far enough ahead to even imagine a second...
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 09/05/09 at 03:47 PM
That last line shakes the bones, as any good last line should.