ISOSCELES
May, 1996 

we were isosceles

he and me

she and he

he, and she and we

and i

sat unhappily sipping wine

wishing so that you were mine

and wishing that we weren't two of three

wanting us to be

romantically

a smile, a glance in my direction

cultivated my affection

had me seeking ways to know

a deeper truth between us two

we were an equation

of wanton temptation

quadratic cause

radical laws

fundamentally wrong

because

the equation, you see

should not

include me

the smile on your face

in this place

added to the chemistry that shouldn't be

now

in the equation

she and i share

the multiplication of feelings

and you are aware

that she has zero inclination

of my suppressed temptation for her mate

now check it -

we have learned previoulsy

that consequences

are incurred with reaction

which is equal to

the cause of two forces

one, opposing it's attraction to the other

you see

these ARE the laws

of the effect and cause

of an unrecquoited lover

it's the yin and the yan of this thang

that makes it real

real sad

because i believe this situation is pretty bad

and if

 your feelin what I'm feelin'

then -

i don't know brotha

but we may have a problem that we need to solve

because

the answer is coming up wrong

now make no mistake about this

i want your kiss

and everything that comes with

this

potential fling

but i'm just afraid

of a little thing

called karma

so, if i find a way

to express my feelings

and, if

n minus y

could leave me with the guy

then: what's the answer?

ONE:

maybe the root of my problem is, my lonliness

or,

perhaps it's the product of his  willlingness

to please

to indulge me in my fantasy

of what he and i could be

or,

i get what i want

and he is constantly

haunted by his feelings for what he has recently subtracted,

because

he acted on an impulse

and now the math is all off

and then it doesn't work

and she's hurt

and he leaves

and it's just me dividing my time

between what i want

and what isn't mine

but that could never be

because the answer to this question

is going to be

3 - me

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