Thoughts Spoken and Unspoken

Thoughts Unspoken


Wow! take a look at that!
Ooh, he's rather nice,
not too thin and not too fat.
She wouldn't look at me twice.

I wonder if I asked her out...
I wonder what he's thinking.
I'd like to know what he's smiling about.
I wonder what she's drinking?

Perhaps if I walk across that way
Oh gosh! he's coming over!
Must stay calm! What will I say?
My brain's gone supernova.

What can I say that might impress?
I've got to play it cool.
I wish I'd worn that other dress.
I'd hate to look a fool.

Maybe if I say hello...
I mustn't look too keen
Gosh, I'm nervous, does it show?
will she know what I mean?

She's looking up. Oh God! those eyes!
Yes!. He's sitting down.
Should I smile or look surprised?
Big and warm and brown.

I can't just sit here staring
What's he looking at?
Is it what I'm wearing?
I don't half feel a prat.

I'll have to think of something fast
Do you know, I think...
Yes! he's going to speak at last!
"Would you like a drink?"


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First Date



First date,
can't be late,
what will he-?
will he be -?

What to wear?
Do my hair
-new dress-
hair's a mess.

What's that?
wear a hat?
Don't tease,
daddy, please!

Back by when?
only ten?
can't I just...?
don't you trust...?

He's here now?
Oh wow!
"Woohoo
look at you"

Later on,
date's gone,
"How'd it go?"
"Oh, you know."






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Prevarication

Ah, no, she said, not this time...
You can't, she said, not now...
Stay here, she said, I'll call you
It's too late anyhow.

It's just, she said, you're busy...
I thought, she said, you'd need...
Some time, she said, to study
I want you to succeed.

Oh, right, I said, you're saying...
I see, I said, OK...
Is this, I said, for long then?
And then I thought, no way.

You've got, I said, another?
I've been, I said, replaced?
Would you, I said, have told me?
As she stood ashen-faced.

Ah, well, she said, about that...
I'll make, she said, amends...
I would, she said, have told you
And we can still be friends.

Oh no, I said, not this time.
We can't, I said, nohow.
Go home, I said, don't call me.
It's really too late now.

©2001



He-ing She-ing


Eyeing  sighing
kissing missing

yearning burning
dating waiting

dreaming scheming
wedding bedding

baring pairing
mating sating

lusting trusting
craving saving

boring  warring
paying greying

fighting slighting
ailing failing

working shirking
staying praying

lying crying
cheating beating

crawling sprawling
bleeding pleading

sweeping weeping
aching breaking

leaving grieving

ending

mending.

© 2002



One Way Conversation

"You're doing ok for your age," he said.
As a compliment it stank.
"But you look much better on your back."
There's nothing like being frank!

She raised an eyebrow, gave him a look.
"No, let me finish here..."
She pursed her lips and waited.
"The wrinkles disappear.

Not that you have many anyway."
He backpedalled like a pro.
She looked him squarely in the eye;
laughed as he dodged the blow.


© 2006