emotionally detached & socially awkard. available for dates.
HOW I GET KISSED
I could tell you about my pick up lines
Or maybe I should start with what I don't say.
I don't bring up flowers
or art, or what I imagine is
going on in their shorts.
I leave their natural hair color out of it.
Along with their uncanny resemblance
to cars neither of us could afford.
I tend to putter a bit, making offhand
comments about how I don't like
jazz, but they seem o.k.
Then I usually say:
"you could actually stay with me."
As if they didn't know this.
As if it wasn't made clear
by the vacancy sign transcribed
on my chest.
The tackiest neon
this space for rent
no pool
pets tolerated
children welcome
bring your own cigarettes.
And hopeful they do,
because by this point
I'm clean out of breath.
-Zachary Lipez, from No Seats On the Party Car
