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Carmen
One of your parents
Were Hispanic
And the other one
Israeli
So parts of me
Had to back up
To take
Another look
At the elongated
Genetic
Combination
That they made
Together
Again
After you told me;
(Hmpf, ok)
Not in
A position
To call
Anyone
Freakish
Looking
But you came
Over
To pick me up
For dinner
Promptly
With 2 dozen
Red roses
“They’re beautiful
But this is
Just
Too many”
(Especially
For someone
Who couldn’t
Re-plant
Them for keeps;
Avoiding waste)
And I knew
We were
Courting
Disaster
And it was
Just a matter
Of time
Before this
Whole thing
Turned into
Mutiny
On the high
Seas of your
Heart
Since your
Unsteadiness
Continued
To rise
With each
Encounter
Which
Only made me
More wary
Before
I stopped
Answering
The phone.
Were Hispanic
And the other one
Israeli
So parts of me
Had to back up
To take
Another look
At the elongated
Genetic
Combination
That they made
Together
Again
After you told me;
(Hmpf, ok)
Not in
A position
To call
Anyone
Freakish
Looking
But you came
Over
To pick me up
For dinner
Promptly
With 2 dozen
Red roses
“They’re beautiful
But this is
Just
Too many”
(Especially
For someone
Who couldn’t
Re-plant
Them for keeps;
Avoiding waste)
And I knew
We were
Courting
Disaster
And it was
Just a matter
Of time
Before this
Whole thing
Turned into
Mutiny
On the high
Seas of your
Heart
Since your
Unsteadiness
Continued
To rise
With each
Encounter
Which
Only made me
More wary
Before
I stopped
Answering
The phone.
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