
Issue 42 · One poem
The Date After
The soft calculus of when to call again.
This is just a quick note that I wrote,
to tell you thanks for Saturday night.
I had a lot of fun and when it was done,
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When can I see you again.
So I went home and looked at the phone,
and pondered when I should call you next.
A friend said to me
How lame it would be,
to ask her out the same way twice.
Holding the charm on my neck I said what the heck,
s see how creative I can be.
I wondered what I could do somehow to convince you,
that you wanted to go out again.
Then the idea came no matter how lame,
to make this small gift for you.
A pencil and pen now with this note I send,
to ask you for another date.
Now when you choose please contact me with the news,
you can call me anytime.
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“and pondered when I should call you next.”
The Date After