The Needy
My son has learned there are some girls
to whom you cannot give a kitty and puppy valentine.
Afterward, the attachment becomes obsessive;
a whole week of recesses is ruined.
She follows closely to fix her shadow to his,
the boys wondering if he’s still fit for tag and
Indian wrestling. The games of longing grow more
dangerous I want to warn him. I want to tell him
never be afraid of the verbs: to honor, to cherish.
But am I not the man who as a boy
never sent …
