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Poetry Maybe #21: Perseus and Andromeda
Perseus and Andromeda
He craves her like
a plant craves egg shells
and coffee grounds
She makes him feel unusual
when she focuses all of her attention
on him and offers to make breakfast
He refuses eggs and toast
offers to drive ten miles
and pay out of his own pocket for donuts.
Why delay something so sweet
that glistens with the adoration of twelve moons
he can’t even hear the noise
of meteors from beyond earth.
not one note or sonic boom that tells him
to rush to her side
She owed him for concert tickets
that he bought early so
he had time to conspire
the most wicked and wonderful plan
to win her heart before
the comets and meteors damaged
the planet beyond healing
He wasn’t going to let her
crash and burn alone.
The plan was to orbit around her
and block the flames.
Then the summer came
and the concert went on
without any love songs
dedicated to her.
The meteor knocked
him into the atmosphere
Does love exist in a vacuum?
He hid his love
for her in
the next galaxy
where it will remain until
the stars align correctly .
