Mar 2021
paulSN
There was this one bench we
used to sit on with our legs
dangling.
Do you remember that-- how
we used to look down at our feet
as we swung them
back and forth?
I did so well--
until I would look up at those eyes.
You said that when two people
care about each other
their feet should swing in unison.
I was too embarrassed to tell you
the truth--
that every time I looked in your eyes
my legs would go numb.
I tried to tell you then that
nerds weren't supposed to look
the way that you do.
Even now I look at your picture
you left with me--
and my legs go numb all over again.
And one more time I try to forgive myself.
Nerds aren't supposed to look like that.
It says that--
somewhere in the manual
it does.
I think.
There was this one bench we
used to sit on with our legs
dangling.
Do you remember that-- how
we used to look down at our feet
as we swung them
back and forth?
I did so well--
until I would look up at those eyes.
You said that when two people
care about each other
their feet should swing in unison.
I was too embarrassed to tell you
the truth--
that every time I looked in your eyes
my legs would go numb.
I tried to tell you then that
nerds weren't supposed to look
the way that you do.
Even now I look at your picture
you left with me--
and my legs go numb all over again.
And one more time I try to forgive myself.
Nerds aren't supposed to look like that.
It says that--
somewhere in the manual
it does.
I think.
