elective

i am the kind of man

some women easily overlook

some don't even see me

but i'm okay with that

knowing

the blonde nurse who's

a little bit older

who has just heard me 

talk to an eighty year old man for thirty minutes

she knows me

she likes me

and really

i'm old enough not to care

if i'm going to win classroom elections anymore

and i'm not going to say that

my heart has never been broken

because it has and

surely i'll be sweeping it off the floor again

so when i stand in the back of

the elevator

blending in with the panelling

talk your tiny words

i know a higher calling

a thoroughbred kind of woman

and i'm so cool with that

i have no time for

girls who wouldn't have

voted for me in the sixth grade

Reviews

[Becky C Strukamp]

Another beautifully written poem.

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I liked this poem for its attitude. It reflects the maturity that comes with age. I liked the caesura in the last 3 lines. *rose* *thumbup*

[Rene Velez]

this is awesome on so many levels, the insight is refreshing, the higher calling and how you fit it in packs a punch, the last line splendid...