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Discombobulation


Publicly 
advertising 
he doesn't tickle
her fancy.
If that''s no lie,
then why 
seek him out 
surreptitiously? 
Her terms of endearment 
flow like honey off her lips,
but what are they worth?
Does she mean anything she says?
Profound confusion 
blowing like smoke 
in his mind 
expands into 
a mushroom cloud.
He endlessly wonders
if her attraction is true.
Her mixed messages 
traps him 
hook line and sinker 
in chin-stroking discombobulation.
She relishes dangling 
her feminine wiles 
to him like a carrot.
When he comes close 
to nibble at her charms,
she p  u  l  l  s away.
How cruel?
She's a struck match 
that goes out in the frigid cold.
He can't seem to make 
heads or tails 
of her words and deeds.
What sort of game 
is she playing? 
It's perplexing.

Copyright © Edward Ibeh

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