emaciated

Your emaciated eyes looked at me all stupid and doey

Expect to fulfill your dreams or just settle?

Please do not pressure me like that or I will shoot you down.

Your emaciated body wanted to be nourished by me

Admire everything about who I am for a while longer

Please let me enjoy this ego moment and bathe in glory.

Your emaciated soul dragged along like a wooden leg

Trust me to amputate it mercilessly gleefully

Please know I will carry every broken piece of you in my arms
to traverse galaxies.

I.

Sallie, not terribly comely,

A something you cannot place.

Tommy, quite dapper indeed,

A charm you cannot replace.

Sallie kissed Tommy.

Bobby gazed across at her,

As he folded neat planes,

The other girls wait.

Sallie, not terribly congenial,

Many a thing she lacks.

Alfie, quite enthralling of a star,

A brilliance he does not lack.

Sallie kissed Alfie.

Bobby gazed across at her,

Neatly folded planes,

The other girls can wait.

Sallie, not terribly talented,

Not a thing one shan’t add.

Lucas, quite the creator,

Not a thing he can't add.

Sallie kissed Lucas.

Bobby gazed across at her,

Planes folded neatly,

Let the other girls wait.

Sallie, not terribly wise,

A thing forgive,

Hubert, not terribly wise,
            not terribly talented,

            not terribly congenial,

            not terribly comely,

A thing for thought?

Sallie kissed Hubert.

Neatly folded planes gazed across at her.