I Know That You Still Love Me... Poem by RIC BASTASA

between shakespeare
and bukowski

i prefer bukowski

brautigan smells better
than shelly

this is my way of telling you
that i am shallow and cheap

on the other hand when i
begin to write like
bukowski and brautigan
combined

i know that somehow in that
academic pretense of yours
you still like me and read a lot
about what i write

inside your room
when you are all alone
and then
with affection
you kiss every word
that you think i do not really mean
writing

and then
you giggle