sidestepping the eagerness
you seemed voracious, i seemed anxious
yet we both were capricious
conscious of the choices
like adding N.E.S.S. to a word
doesn’t make it a noun
meaninglessness is still just
meaningless
like adding you and me
doesn’t equal love

no, love
it’s just you
it’s just me
nothing in between
close like lotion and skin
close like coffee and cream
close like
nothing in between
not even

love.