Without Blinking
I like the way you greet me
As though you’re waiting to meet me
Without the opportunity
Of doing so discreetly
You ought not to do
What you ought not to do
When all eyes are on you
Although you want to
How badly you want to
Just slip through
Some crack
They know not about
How I wish I could help you out
You look at me
Nervously
Childishly
As though you are thinking
What you ought not to be thinking
Who’s to say I’m not thinking
What I ought not to be thinking?
This suggestion without winking
This challenge without blinking
(2009)
