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

[♥ Ari Skye ♥]

Lol.. Well congrats on getting your girlfriend.. Lol
I like this though. It's your POV of that day. It's always great to get the different views of the same event.. I would love to read your gf's view.. lol

[R Smith]

that's the happiest upbeat poem i read in a long time, thanks B. :)

[Marie]

If you look like your picture, I guess you could have your pick of most girls. Bringing out your service record was just icing on the cake (beefcake?). None of this would ever have worked with me, but it got you someone special, and that's all that counts.

[Tate Morgan]

Your Best work so far by lightyears!!It all works the story rhythme rhyme it all works! two swings ands a snap !!!!!! 100/100

[AprilRN1210]

awwww.. I like how you mixed it with a little humor.. I think that "game" is part of the problem.. just be yourself.. ultimately, that is what will keep them interested and "still with you". personally, I like the tell-it-to-me-straight mentality and outlook you have.. very "refreshing" in a world full of guys that try every line in the book with me.. don't need a big IQ, bank account, or impressive portfolio, want someone to be silly with, real with, enjoy life with.. someone who can hang when the s**t hits the fan and someone who will ride the wave of happiness when it finds its way to my shores.. you have said it all in your notes and entertained me with the story of how ya'll came to be.. I thoroughly enjoyed it as usual sir.. nicely done:)

[NoelHC]

Enjoyed this one Ricochet, it flowed well, rhymed great, and was funny, in your usual style. Sometimes you just don't know how these chance encounters will turn out, sounds as if this one did.

[Tiana]

Just keeping it real and that's the best kind ... Enjoyed the poem :)

[Matching Socks]

Big smile, big muscles, big Smartass and big time nice guy...
Of course she loves you. You're real!
You gotta re-think the wife beater shirt though BR.

[MsJewel]

That is exactly what a woman wants - for a man to be himself. (and perhaps someone to watch the view with....but you can't have everything)

:) Julie