The mating game
How many days does it take
I mean really take
to make a year
and how many years
add up to a life
and what’s a life ?
words are cheap
words words words
two pigeons on the window ledge
cooing dating mating
it’s a black and white world
which is why they are grey
he says—
no why don’t we do
what we said
we were going to do
while Miss Universe says
but I can change my mind
meanwhile the grass is getting greener
everywhere daffodils are sprouting
and the first bees of the season
are out on patrol :
it must be spring
so the syrupy sap rises
and a young man’s thoughts
turn to love
John Lyons