The Meeting

What do ya want? It's a poem, right?

She said she was sophisticated 

and then hooked up with me 

Hanging around in my baggy shorts

and black wife beater tee

I met her at the Laundromat 

She had on yoga pants 

Her apple bottom a*s singing 

a song of hot romance

Oh man did I want a piece of that 

deep in my DNA
I had to run some game on her 

and keep my lust at bay

And I don't have what you'd call game 

I blurt out what I think 

Schmoozing ain't my specialty 

So I don't over think 

The view was blaring on TV 

I hate that goddamn show 

A bunch of women talking s**t 

I just don't want to know 

I blurted out "you watch this show?" 

She looked up and said "Huh?"  

Her default when she's caught off guard 

That's when her brain goes "duh" 

She said she didn't watch the show 

and then we talked some crap 

and then I pulled the big guns out 

My service record rap 

Suddenly she was interested 

in everything I said 

What I'd seen and what I'd done 

and where my boots had tread 

We went out late that afternoon 

the rest is history 

I must have got it right that day 

because she's still with me 

Author's Note

I don't really have "game." What I do have is a big smile, big muscles, a great sense of humor and enough common sense not to come on lecherous, creepy or needy. Unless you're trying to be some kind of pick up artist that's enough for a guy to find a nice girlfriend. I did

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

"I met her at the Laundromat
She had on yoga pants
Her apple bottom a*s singing
a song of hot romance"

[Rita L. Sev]

This is the best kind of love poem, in my opinion - no frills, just the unabashed way it is. Love this one, Mark!

[KAOlmsted]

See, now, I would have pegged you as a View fan ;-) (My girl Elisabeth is on Fox and Friends now, just FYI xD) This is sweet, Mark! I shudder to think what I'll see when I dig deeper into my RRs, but right here, right now? This is sweet. Good on ya, son. xoxo

[Will]

Good ole Ricochet: well rhymed, well-metered, and excellently witty. Well done my friend :)

[Cryingkate]

It's 7 am here and didn't sleep all night.
Aches and pains coming from this winter storm must be it's progenitor.
Yet here I sit reading this. holding my chest pains and LMBO..

Loved the story and Great Ending.... Love the way this Ricochets :-)

[TL Boehm]

It is the real-ness of this piece that really makes me smile. that and the dig at the view. that made me laugh

[Tai Ryens]

You said it best! Natural, casual humor is always more attractive than any facade you can put on. I quite enjoyed the tale, truly a joy to read, Baby R.

[Coyote Poetry]

I enjoyed the tale. A good story with a happy ending. Thank you my friend for sharing the outstanding tale.
Coyote

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

What a pleasant, honest piece, a soothing read, well done! and yes it is a poem!

[hardeep sabharwal]

This is I feel one of your best,, I enjoyed it much, very well written :)