Life Refuses to Imitate Art (for Melissa)

The English teacher isn't pleased
With how the story seems to end.
It doesn't really end at all. It started
Okay. A colleague arrived. He was
Pleasant enough, and they were
Friends. They would chat (about
Nothing) for hours, but then, only
Days before the summer began,
Someone said that he loved her.
She didn't let on, and she didn't
Respond to the letters he sent.
Still, he chose to remain, and, now
That it's fall, there is awkwardness
Everywhere. She cannot speak to
Him. He looks away when she
Enters a room. Flattered, somewhat,
By the thought that he loved her,
She hates how the curtain refuses
To fall. If only he'd been more romantic,
A hero, who, heartbroken, jumped
From a bridge.



Poetry by Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2010-05-18 at 00:29

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