i am just :( stupid gay :(

I rarely meet a boy that would make a good man.

I like girls because I like watering half the houseplants,
or all the house plants, half the time.
I like girls because I probably would be good at making soup,
but frying pans scare me, and I don't like anything about grills.
I like girls because I like the idea of driving a little and then
sitting in the passenger seat for a little, and then
driving a little again. 

I rarely meet a boy that would be more than a quarter.
More than 25%, more than one fourth.

This boy would water half the plants,
or all the plants half the time, or probably more than half the time, 
I'm actually terrible at keeping things alive.

Am I lonely, or is he lonely, or 
are we flirting over a conversation about god and eggs and names?

I don't like boys because I don't like
boy names or boy hair or boy thoughts.
I don't like boys but I will mail a letter.
I don't like boys but I will think about his bedroom.
I don't like boys but I
want it to be more
     than just us
          being lonely...
but I don't like boys.

cinnamonwarmth

VT

YWP Alumni

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