Schematics: Part Two
((Here, have some more bad poetry. Here’s the prequel.))
when you were young
working the front desk
you used to look at pictures in magazines
women in white
and you never got your gown
(you claimed you didn’t like fancy affairs)
and when you were a little older
you’d see children
smile brightly
and you never got your own
(told me you were awful with kids)
you never once saw the sea
never left the country
maybe not even the state
you followed a good path
(“Not a biologist, sir, especially not a marine biologist,”
could’ve fooled me)
you made lemonade, kiddo,
sweetest lemonade the world ever tasted
and i won’t say it now
i’m much too old for that kid stuff
but dammit, you’re something else caroline
pretty as a postcard, too
you never did make up your own rules
but dreamed up chambers
(chambers of your heart, or some girly nonsense)
always dotted your i’s, crossed your t’s
made a damn good coffee
but added a twist of something to everything, i dunno
made it better, sweeter, made it bearable
who am i kidding
we’re not young like we were
but you still do all that, don’t you?
what i’m saying is
go ahead, test whatever you like
i’ll fund you
i know anything you designed will work like a champ
even that damn mushy nonsense about us
