Heart Beats: Provication Poem by Jim Boone

Why the exhilaration around him
and not her?

What's going on in here?

You date and I wait
Don't know what for -
afraid that I do

What's going on?

Got a grip on the situation
and muted desires

‘Boys will be boys' time
has almost run its course
Now what?

You saw right through me
and got a lot of service
before I came out to myself
and exited our secret

What's going on in here?
What's going on in there?

1962