Gettin' Poetic

Heartbreaker / Heartless

KA,
she could sing
LZ.
was a writer.
AL,
she could dance
& still I moved to spite her.

LD
came from Tampa,
DS
hailed from Atlanta.
I.
was a city girl
& all got harshly mannered.

RK
kicked ass in soccer,
LK
cheered on the team.
KB
bumped & set in spandex
& they all got picked off clean.

GO
could've been the first kiss;
A.
actually was.
JW
was first between the sheets,
but none of that was love.

JS
got jerked around,
SS
dumped in twenty
JM
saw the sunrise
but then I left her empty.

CB
made me laugh out loud
EB
wrote a letter
JS
she got creeped on
& all three deserved better

AC
was too wild for me
KW
was operatic
RC
was an older chick
my game wasn't automatic.

SF
I never dated;
MD
is now my boo.
PF
I've lead on far too long
& CS
got shafted, too.

To those twenty-five —

I'M SORRY

— & would offer you the world,
because each of you has shown me
what I'm seeking in a girl.