Three Poems

NO NO NO Dear Asha,

I’m in love! It can’t

be this way, can’t be any

different, can’t be any

worse or better. I love you

my darling dark beauty!

IT’S CRAZY, dear Asha,

this loving and wanting

you. So insane is

this reflex that I want

to be your only boy, even

though you laugh at such

a sally.

I’M TALKING ABOUT true

love, Dear Asha, or as close

as possible. You permit me

to be with you, kiss your

naughty lips. But when will

you stop messing around with

those other boys, come home

to me and be my own?