oh no – not another love poem!
by Raj Arumugam
poem after poem
at online poetry sites
you find is another love poem
Oh Susi
your eyes are like fire
and my heart is hot
for your touch
OK, fair enough
everybody falls in love
and we got to keep the human race pumping
OK, I guess that’s good
it keeps the Valentine’s Day industry going
and the florists make some money
and if I run an Indian restaurant
you might drop in
to get your baby hot with chilli
and I get some money…
so it’s all good…
Oh Man of my Dreams
I shall love you till eternity
and then forever –
and always I’ll wash your dishes
and then there is the other thing
more disturbing
than a moron love-sick stalker
that every other person who falls in love
or wants to
(even if nobody wants to in return)
seems filled with a scratching need
to write a love poem
and so you write another love poem –
oh no – not another love poem!
Oh, when God created
the world
he created you for me
and me for you
and we for we
OK, if you must inflict it on others
this love poem of yours:
how is it different?
you know –
all loves are the same
but how’s your love poem different?
Copyright ©: Raj Arumugam
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The End
And that’s the End of the Poem
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