Laura was never so in love with Scott
Until they broke up.
She told me how after they broke up, how in love they were.
And how they enjoyed each other’s company
At dinner once again.
And how over two pizzas they marveled
At the ecstasy of their conjoined thoughts.
And how later when they made love
It was the best love making ever.
And oh the tingle of the touch of Scott.
Laura, I said, I have never been so in love
With anyone until this moment
As I am in love with my first love Jason
Who in a small house in St. Louis
Tends to a baby he made with his wife Margaret.
My dog Lucy too is not so she has never been
So in love with anyone
Until this moment the rat
Has slipped from her mouth’s grasp.
God too
Has never been so in love with the sun
As in this moment
He let go the sun
For us all to see.
Somewhere there are small children wading in a pool in the summer sun.
They have yet to know what love is.
