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POETRY BREAK -- "The Comparison Study"

THE COMPARISON STUDY

How else could she say it with appropriate fuego?

Until their passions met,

she’d never loved and laughed so hard,

so soft, or felt so adored and amused.

But, yesterday he asked her:

"Do you love raisins as much as I do?"

That sent her into an existential tailspin,

wondering again if she could ever again

know another man’s love without comparing it

to what she’d put into
and taken out of her affairs with others.

She must allow it instead to float free,

without judgment.

The quiet and gentle, the passionate and sensual,

the tough and gnarly, the fun and exuberant.

That’s how she answered him.

But, today he hit her with another one:

“Is it hot in here, or is it me?” 

“It’s you,” she immediately replied,

sick of all his endless introspection,

and it wasn’t well-received.

Not the answer he’d wanted.

He’d wanted a flopsweat camaraderie.

She’ll now put it to her readers:

“Do you love raisins as much as I do?”

She can only hope you love poems

ending with grapes.

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From "THE DIOECIANS -- His And Her Love". Copyright 2017 B. Elwin Sherman. Used here with permission.