You said I might've followed you
You said I might have followed you
Eyes downcast, chin thrust forward like
       a regretful provocation
You are beyond belief
The tea things on the table
Watch and wait
While I twirl a spoon and "Huh!" with stunned spite.
Funny, this is your pride and my fall.
I, follow you?
A playlet of unrequited love (you'd like to think)
You are both a seasoned performer and spellbound viewer
In either role you excel, in a hammy kind of way.
A chancer, a fan of the high jump and swift fall -
Really, fearful that I would follow you?
That I, a fool for you, would not understand goodbye?
We avoid each other's eyes and pay the bill.
A fool, and worst of all
A romantic, that's you.