Rebecca
what if I had said
to celebrate romance
will be our next unit of study
to luxuriate in love stories and love poems
“love in a stronger season than reason,
my sweet one, and April is where we are”
to learn about courtship, share crushes
to sing about perfect partners, write romances
let passion drip over everything
that would have caught your attention
at least for awhile
I’m semi-serious about this
because it seemed to me that you
like a lot of your friends
were into RELATIONSHIPS
you had discovered boys
and nothing else mattered much
cetainly not the day to day
tedium of transposing sentences or
reciting irregular verbs
and it might help explain why you came
into class one day with my wedding ring
that I had lost in the auditorium
displayed for all to see on a chain
draped around your neck
just a prop I suppose
in your current passion play
but a bit cheeky nonetheless
wouldn’t you say